Definition

to control

Etymology

from G1849 (ἐξουσία);

Word family

• ἐξουσία exousía

How the KJV renders it

• exercise authority upon
• bring under the (have) power of

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.