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Lexicon :: Strong's G1850 - exousiazō

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ἐξουσιάζω
Transliteration
exousiazō (Key)
Pronunciation
ex-oo-see-ad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:574,238

Strong’s Definitions

ἐξουσιάζω exousiázō, ex-oo-see-ad'-zo; from G1849; to control:—exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1850 in the following manner: have power of (2x), exercise authority upon (1x), bring under power (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1850 in the following manner: have power of (2x), exercise authority upon (1x), bring under power (1x).

  1. to have power or authority, use power

    1. to be master of any one, exercise authority over one

    2. to be master of the body

      1. to have full and entire authority over the body

      2. to hold the body subject to one's will

    3. to be brought under the power of anyone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐξουσιάζω exousiázō, ex-oo-see-ad'-zo; from G1849; to control:—exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of.
STRONGS G1850:
ἐξουσιάζω; 1 future passive ἐξουσιασθήσομαι; (ἐξουσία); equivalent to ἐξουσίαν ἔχω, to have power or authority, use power: [ἐν πλείοσι ἐξ. πολλῶν μοναρχίων, Aristotle, eth. Eud. 1, 5, p. 1216a, 2]; ἐν ἀτίμοις, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 44; τινός, to be master of anyone, exercise authority over one, Luke 22:25; τοῦ σώματος, to be master of the body, i. e. to have full and entire authority over the body, to hold the body subject to one's will, 1 Corinthians 7:4. Passive followed by ὑπό τινος, to be brought under the power of anyone, 1 Corinthians 6:12. (Sept. several times in Nehemiah and Ecclesiastes, chiefly for מָשַׁל and שָׁלַט.) [Compare: κατεξουσιάζω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
22:25
1 Corinthians
6:12; 7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1850 matches the Greek ἐξουσιάζω (exousiazō),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels[fn] of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:19 - Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:4 - Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so[fn] no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[fn] hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
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