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exousia

exousia {ex-oo-see'-ah}
Greek: noun feminine

Possible Definitions:
1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases; leave or permission
2) physical and mental power; the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
3) the power of authority (influence) and of right
4) the power of rule or government ( the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
4a) the power of judicial decisions; of authority to manage domestic affairs
4b) a thing subject to authority or rule, jurisdiction; one who possesses authority; a ruler, a magistrate, the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
4c) a sign of the husband's authority over his wife, i.e. the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
4d) the sign of regal authority, a crown

exousia {ex-oo-see'-ah}

Greek: noun feminine

from 1832 (in the sense of ability);

Translated as:

power (69 times)

authority (29 times)

right (2 times)

liberty (1 time)

jurisdiction (1 time)

strength (1 time)

Total: 103 times

Strong's Number 1849

TDNT - 2:560,238