Strong's G1849
ἐξουσία
- Transliteration
- exousía
- Definition
- privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence
- KJV usage
- authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength
- Derivation
- from G1832 (ἔξεστι) (in the sense of ability);
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.