ἐξουσία

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authority

ἐξουσία , -ας, ἡ (ἔξεστι), [in LXX: 4Ki.20:13 , Psa.113 (114):2 135 (136)8, 9, Isa.39:2 , Jer.28 (51):28 (מֶמְשָׁלָה), frequently in Da for Aram. שָׁלְטָן, etc., Wis.10:14 , Sir.9:13 , al. ;] __1. prop., liberty or power to act , freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (which see): 1Co.9:12; ἐ. ἔχειν, 2Th.3:9; id. before inf., Jhn.10:18 , 1Co.9:4 , 5; with genitive obj., Rom.9:21; before ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.22:14; περί, 1Co.7:37. __2. Later (cf. Milligan, Th. , 114; MM, Exp. , xiv), of the power of right, authority : Mat.21:33 , Mrk.11:28 , Luk.20:2 ; of Messianic authority, Mat.9:6 , Mrk.2:10 , al.; of apostolic authority, 2Co.10:8 13:10 ; of the authority of government: Mat.8:9 28:18 , Ju 25 , Rev.12:10 , al.; esp. of judicial authority, Luk.20:20 , Jhn.19:10, 11 . __3. Meton., __(a) jurisdiction : Luk.23:7 (cf. 1Ma.6:11 , Isa.39:2 ); __(b) a ruler or magistrate : Rom.13:1-3; pl., Luk.12:11 , Rom.13:1 , Tit.3:1 ; __(with) of supramundane powers (syn. with ἀρχή, δύναμις, θρόνος, κυριότης): 1Co.15:24 , Eph.1:21 3:10 , Col.2:10 , 1Pe.3:22 , al. (Cremer. 236). SYN. : see: δύναμις. (AS)