G831 – authenteo – αὐθεντέω – usurp authority over
- Strong’s ID:
- G831
- Greek Word:
- αὐθεντέω
- Transliteration:
- authenteo
- Pronunciation:
- ow-then-teh’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “authenteo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a compound of G846 and an obsolete εντης hentes (a worker); to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate:—usurp authority over.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.