Quick Definition
ἐξουσιάζω v. I exercise authority
Strong's Definition
to control
Derivation: from G1849 (ἐξουσία);
KJV Usage: exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξουσιάζω; 1 future passive ἐξουσιασθήσομαι; (ἐξουσία); equivalent to ἐξουσίαν ἔχω, to have power or authority, use power: (ἐν πλείοσι ἐξουσιάζειν πολλῶν μοναρχιων, Aristotle, eth. Eud. 1, 5, p. 1216a, 2); ἐν ἀτιμοις, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 44; τίνος, to be master of anyone, exercise authority over one, Luk_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, 1Co_7:4. Passive followed by ὑπό τίνος, to be brought under the power of anyone, 1Co_6:12. (the Sept. several times in Nehemiah and Ecclesiastes, chiefly for ξΘωΗΡμ and ωΘΡμΗθ.) (Compare: κατεξουσιάζω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξουσιάζω exousiazō 4x
to have or exercise power or authority over anyone, Lk. 22:25; to possess independent control over, 1 Cor. 7:4 (2x); pass. to be subject to, under the power or influence of, 1 Cor. 6:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξουσιάζω
(< ἐξουσία) [in LXX (freq. in Ec) chiefly for שָׁלַט ;]
to exercise authority (Arist.).
Trans., to exercise authority over: c. gen. pers., Lk 22:25; c. gen. rei, I Co 7:4; pass., to be held under authority (v. Lft., Notes, 214): seq. ὑπό, I Co 6:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξουσιάζω [page 225]
In the sepulchral inscr. CIG III. 4584, after the statement that the monument had been provided by certain persons ἐξ ἰδίων καμάτων , it is added θυγατέρα αὐτῶν μὴ ἐξουσιάζειν τοῦ μνήματος : cf. the inscr. from the catacombs of Syracuse IG XIV. 79 .4 Ἀφροδισίας καὶ Εὐφροσύνου ἀγορασία τόπος· μηδὶς ἐξουσιάσῃ ἄλλος .
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξουσιάζω (exousiazō) — to have authority. ἐξουσ-ιάζω, future -άσω[Refs 1st c.BC+]:—exercise authority, [LXX]: with infinitive, have power, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. exercise authority over, τοῦ μνήματος [Refs]; τινῶν [NT+6th c.AD+]:—middle, ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν [LXX]; ἔν τινι[LXX]:— passive, to be held under authority, [NT]
3. enjoy licence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐξουσιάζω
(ἐξουσία) [in LXX (frequently in Ec) chiefly for שָׁלַט ;]
__1. to exercise authority (Arist.).
__2. Trans., to exercise authority over: with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:25; with genitive of thing(s), 1Co.7:4; pass., to be held under authority (see Lft., Notes, 214): before ὑπό, 1Co.6:12.†
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