2001 Translation

EXOUSIAS, exousias

Sounds Like: ex-oo-SEE-as

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

From the root: ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the right, power, or authority to do something, often implying a delegated or inherent ability to act. It can also refer to jurisdiction or control over a particular domain. In this form, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of authority' or 'belonging to power'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:18, 18:1

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:29

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:159, 36:252
• Book Two — 17:159, 36:252

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:265
• Book 2 — 5:90, 6:153, 9:227
• Book 3 — 6:104
• Book 4 — 5:88
• Book 6 — 4:61
• Book 7 — 1:38, 15:391
• Book 8 — 13:356
• Book 10 — 7:103
• Book 11 — 6:216, 6:278
• Book 12 — 7:302
• Book 13 — 1:19, 7:88, 13:354
• Book 14 — 7:124, 13:367
• Book 15 — 3:43, 3:76, 7:205, 7:260, 8:295, 9:321
• Book 16 — 4:106, 6:162
• Book 17 — 2:32, 2:33, 5:96, 5:115, 9:231
• Book 18 — 6:163, 6:214, 8:280, 8:297
• Book 19 — 2:201, 2:210, 4:245, 5:280, 5:287
• Book 20 — 1:11, 8:180

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:2, 11:15, 33:6
• Book Two — 1:2, 2:23, 16:18, 20:15
• Book Four — 3:102, 5:32, 5:38

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 41:1, 120:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 15:80

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 3:13
• 1 Maccabees — 10:38
• 2 Maccabees — 3:24, 4:9, 4:24
• 3 Maccabees — 7:12
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:28, 4:34, 7:12

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 12:11, 23:7
• Acts — 26:12, 26:18
• 1 Corinthians — 9:12
• 2 Corinthians — 10:8
• Ephesians — 1:21, 2:2, 6:12
• Colossians — 1:13, 2:10, 2:15

From the same root

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

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.

• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑ — authority, power, right, a right, jurisdiction, control
• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they exercise authority, they have power, they rule over, they dominate
• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑΖΩ — to exercise authority, to have power, to rule over, to control, to have dominion over
• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑΙ — authorities, powers, rights, jurisdictions
• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΑΙΣ — authorities, powers, rights, liberties
• ἘΞΟΥΣΙΩΝ — of authority, of power, of right, of liberty, of jurisdiction, of authorities, of powers, of rights, of liberties, of jurisdictions
• ἘΞΩΟΥΣΙΑΝ — authority, power, right, an authority, a power, a right

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