Exousia

ex-oo-see'-ah
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Exousia Definition

  1. power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
    1. leave or permission
  2. physical and mental power
    1. the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
  3. the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
  4. the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
    1. universally
      1. authority over mankind
    2. specifically
      1. the power of judicial decisions
      2. of authority to manage domestic affairs
    3. metonymically
      1. a thing subject to authority or rule 4c
    4. jurisdiction
      1. one who possesses authority 4c
    5. a ruler, a human magistrate 4c
    6. the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
    7. a sign of the husband's authority over his wife
      1. the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
    8. the sign of regal authority, a crown
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ejxousiva
Origin
from (1832) (in the sense of ability)
Strong's Number
1849
TDNT Entry
2:562,238

KJV Word Usage

power
69
authority
29
right
2
liberty
1
jurisdiction
1
strength
1
Total
103

KJV Verse Count

9
9
15
6
7
4
9
2
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
19
Total
93
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Exousia". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .