King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G831
Transliteration: authenteō
Phonetic Spelling: (ow-then-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to govern, exercise authority
Meaning: to govern, exercise authority
αὐθεντέω, ἀυθέντω; (a Biblical and ecclesiastical word; from αὐθέντης contracted from αὐτοέντης, and this from αὐτός and ἔντεα arms (others, ἑντης, cf. Hesychius συνεντης συνεργός; cf. Lobeck, Technol., p. 121); hence,
Word Summary
authenteō: to govern, exercise authority
Original Word: αὐθεντέωTransliteration: authenteō
Phonetic Spelling: (ow-then-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to govern, exercise authority
Meaning: to govern, exercise authority
Strong's Concordance
govern, exercise authorityFrom a compound of autos and an obsolete hentes (a worker); to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate -- usurp authority over.
see GREEK autos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 831: αὐθεντέωαὐθεντέω, ἀυθέντω; (a Biblical and ecclesiastical word; from αὐθέντης contracted from αὐτοέντης, and this from αὐτός and ἔντεα arms (others, ἑντης, cf. Hesychius συνεντης συνεργός; cf. Lobeck, Technol., p. 121); hence,
a. according to earlier usage, one who with his own hand kills either others or himself.
b. in later Greek writings one who does a thing himself the author" (τῆς πράξεως, Polybius 23, 14, 2, etc.); one who acts on his own authority, autocratic, equivalent to αὐτοκράτωρ an absolute master; cf. Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 120 (also as above; cf. Winers Grammar, § 2, 1 c.)); to govern one, exercise dominion over one: τινς, 1 Timothy 2:12.