Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ἐξουσία (G1849)
102 ἐξουσία , -ας, ἡ ( ἔξεστι ), [in LXX: IV Ki 20:13 , Ps 113 (114):2 135 (136)8 , 9 , Is 39:2 , Je 28 (51):28 ( מֶמְשָׁלָה ), freq. in Da for Aram. שָׁלְטָן , etc., Wi 10:14 , Si 9:13 , al. ;] prop., liberty or power to act , freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (q.v.): I Co 9:12 ; ἐ. ἔχειν , II Th 3:9 ; id. seq. inf., Jo 10:18 , I Co 9:4 , 5 ; c. gen. obj., Ro 9:21 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc., Re 22:14 ; περί , I Co 7:37 . Later (cf. Milligan, Th. , 114; MM, Exp. , xiv), of the power of right, authority : Mt 21:33 , Mk 11:28 , Lk 20:2 ; of Messianic authority, Mt 9:6 , Mk 2:10 , al.; of apostolic authority, II Co 10:8 13:10 ; of the authority of government: Mt 8:9 28:18 , Ju 25 , Re 12:10 , al.; esp. of judicial authority, Lk 20:20 , Jo 19:10 , 11 . Meton., jurisdiction : Lk 23:7 (cf. I Mac 6:11 , Is 39:2 ); a ruler or magistrate : Ro 13:1-3 ; pl., Lk 12:11 , Ro 13:1 , Tit 3:1 ; of supramundane powers (syn. with ἀρχή, δύναμις, θρόνος, κυριότης ): I Co 15:24 , Eph 1:21 3:10 , Col 2:10 , I Pe 3:22 , al. (Cremer. 236). SYN. : v.s. δύναμις .
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