Word study · lex.G1849
ἐξουσία exousia
authority · right to act · jurisdiction · magistrate
Team definition
A noun for liberty or power to act, and in later use for a right or authority to act. It can name jurisdiction, and by metonymy a ruler or magistrate, including the plural in Rom 13:1. The same word is also used of powers beyond the ordinary human sphere. This entry records those lexical uses; it does not decide how authority functions in Rom 13.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 93
Matt 7:29Matt 8:9Matt 9:6Matt 9:8Matt 10:1Matt 21:23Matt 21:24Matt 21:27Matt 28:18Mark 1:22Mark 1:27Mark 2:10Mark 3:15Mark 6:7Mark 11:28Mark 11:29Mark 11:33Mark 13:34Luke 4:6Luke 4:32Luke 4:36Luke 5:24Luke 7:8Luke 9:1Luke 10:19Luke 12:5Luke 12:11Luke 19:17Luke 20:2Luke 20:8Luke 20:20Luke 22:53Luke 23:7John 1:12John 5:27John 10:18John 17:2John 19:10John 19:11Acts 1:7Acts 5:4Acts 8:19Acts 9:14Acts 26:10Acts 26:12Acts 26:18Rom 9:21Rom 13:1Rom 13:2Rom 13:31 Cor 7:371 Cor 8:91 Cor 9:41 Cor 9:51 Cor 9:61 Cor 9:121 Cor 9:181 Cor 11:101 Cor 15:242 Cor 10:82 Cor 13:10Eph 1:21Eph 2:2Eph 3:10Eph 6:12Col 1:13Col 1:16Col 2:10Col 2:152 Thess 3:9Titus 3:1Heb 13:101 Pet 3:22Jude 1:25Rev 2:26Rev 6:8Rev 9:3Rev 9:10Rev 9:19Rev 11:6Rev 12:10Rev 13:2Rev 13:4Rev 13:5Rev 13:7Rev 13:12Rev 14:18Rev 16:9Rev 17:12Rev 17:13Rev 18:1Rev 20:6Rev 22:14
Senses
1. liberty or power to act 1 Cor 9:12, John 10:18
2. right or authority Matt 21:23, Luke 20:20
3. a ruler or magistrate Rom 13:1, Rom 13:2, Rom 13:3
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ἐξουσία (G1849)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1849
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
ἐξουσία, submission, and the sword (13:1–7) Rom 13:1; Rom 13:2; Rom 13:3; Rom 13:4; Rom 13:5; Rom 13:6; Rom 13:7