to govern, exercise authority Original Word: αὐθεντέωTransliteration: authenteó Phonetic Spelling: (ow-then-teh'-o) Short Definition: govern
from autos and a prim. root sen- Definition to govern, exercise authority NASB Word Usage exercise authority over (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From a compound of autos and an obsolete hentes (a worker); to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate -- usurp authority over. see GREEK autos αὐθεντεῖν (authentein) − 1 Occurrence
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