Strong's G831
αὐθεντέω(authentéō)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate
Derivation
from a compound of G846 (αὐτός) and an obsolete (a worker);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, αὐθεντέω is translated as: usurp authority over.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.