2001 Translation

EXOUSIAN, exousian

Sounds Like: ex-oo-SEE-an

Translations: authority, power, right, a right, jurisdiction, a jurisdiction, liberty, a liberty

From the root: ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the right or power to do something, often implying delegated authority or freedom to act. It can describe official power, the ability to act, or even the freedom to choose.

Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Accusative

Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 9:5, 9:7, 25:4

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:102, 1:206, 1:253

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 2:1, 4:2, 4:13, 8:3

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 61:1, 61:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 4:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 7:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 4:20, 15:98, 26:229, 17:165, 32:225
• Book Two — 17:165, 32:225

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 7:156
• Book 2 — 2:12, 6:153, 8:198
• Book 3 — 11:263, 11:266
• Book 4 — 2:32, 7:172, 8:186, 8:247, 8:253, 8:259
• Book 5 — 1:109
• Book 6 — 7:137, 7:150, 12:264, 12:265, 13:279
• Book 7 — 9:195, 11:270, 11:277
• Book 8 — 1:17, 6:156
• Book 11 — 3:44, 5:169
• Book 12 — 7:325
• Book 13 — 3:63, 15:401
• Book 14 — 9:161, 9:167, 12:302
• Book 15 — 7:203, 11:405, 11:407
• Book 16 — 4:92, 4:98, 4:129, 9:271, 11:356, 11:359, 11:365, 11:367
• Book 17 — 2:32, 9:233, 9:239, 11:312
• Book 18 — 4:91, 6:239, 7:240, 9:342, 9:345
• Book 20 — 1:7, 1:12, 1:15, 8:193, 11:253

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 5:1, 6:4, 11:12, 25:8, 25:28, 28:3
• Book Two — 8:1, 8:24
• Book Four — 10:9
• Book Seven — 7:7

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 40:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 16:4, 76:6, 95:4, 103:4, 105:4, 133:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 13:71, 13:72, 13:75, 17:89, 22:106, 23:112, 38:190, 65:343, 75:419

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 5:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:22
• Judith — 8:15
• Tobit — 1:21, 2:13, 7:10
• 1 Maccabees — 1:13, 10:6, 10:8, 10:32, 10:35, 11:58
• 2 Maccabees — 3:6, 7:16, 10:13
• 3 Maccabees — 7:21
• 4 Maccabees — 4:5, 5:15, 6:33
• Psalms — 135:8, 135:9
• Proverbs — 17:14
• Wisdom — 10:14, 16:13
• Sirach — 9:13, 17:2, 25:25, 30:11, 30:28, 45:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 4:23, 14:26
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:97, 4:14, 4:28, 5:4, 5:16, 5:29, 6:3, 7:26, 7:27, 14:26
• Enoch — 9:5, 9:7, 25:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 1:11
• Mandate 12 — 4:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 1 — 1:3
• Parable 5 — 6:1
• Parable 8 — 3:3, 3:5
• Parable 9 — 23:4, 28:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 7:29, 8:9, 9:6, 9:8, 10:1, 21:23
• Mark — 1:22, 1:27, 2:10, 3:15, 6:7, 11:28, 13:34
• Luke — 4:6, 5:24, 7:8, 9:1, 10:19, 12:5, 19:17, 20:2
• John — 1:12, 5:27, 10:18, 17:2, 19:10, 19:11
• Acts — 8:19, 9:14, 26:10
• Romans — 9:21, 13:3
• 1 Corinthians — 7:37, 9:4, 9:5, 9:6, 11:10, 15:24
• 2 Corinthians — 13:10
• 2 Thessalonians — 3:9
• Hebrews — 13:10
• Revelation — 2:26, 9:3, 11:6, 13:2, 13:4, 13:12, 14:18, 16:9, 17:12, 17:13, 18:1, 20:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΞΟΥΣΗΣ — of authority, of power, of right, of liberty, of a right, of a power, of an authority, of a liberty
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ — authority, power, right, jurisdiction, control, a right, a power
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΙ — authorities, powers, rights, liberties, powers (of rule), powers (of control)
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΙΣ — to authority, to authorities, to power, to powers, with authority, with power
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝ — authority, power, right, jurisdiction, a right, a power
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣ — (of) authority, (of) power, (of) right, (of) liberty, (of) jurisdiction
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ — one who has authority, one who has power, a master, a ruler, an authority, a potentate
• ΕΞΟΥΣΙΩΝ — of authority, of power, of right, of jurisdiction, of liberty, of control

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