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Strong's #831: authenteo (pronounced ow-then-teh'-o)

from a compound of 846 and an obsolete hentes (a worker); to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate:--usurp authority over.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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authenteō

1) one who with his own hands kills another or himself

2) one who acts on his own authority, autocratic

3) an absolute master

4) to govern, exercise dominion over one

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from a compound of G846 and an obsolete hentes (a worker)




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

1 Timothy 2:12: "a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in"









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