Exousiazo means “exercise authority upon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1850 — dophqah (“Dophkah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1850 ἐξουσιάζω (exousiazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. exousiazo (ex-ou-see-ad'-zo) v. 1. to control [from G1849] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include exercise, under, and power. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
exousiazo (ex-ou-see-ad'-zo) v. 1. to control [from G1849] KJV: exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of Root(s): G1849
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to have authority
Usage: ἐξουσιάζω (ἐξουσία) [in LXX (frequently in Ec) chiefly for שָׁלַט ;] __1. to exercise authority (Arist.). __2. Trans., to exercise authority over: with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:25; with genitive of thing(s), 1Co.7:4; pass., to be held under authority (see Lft., Notes, 214): before ὑπό, 1Co.6:12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render exousiazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1850 (ἐξουσιάζω) appears 14 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1850.
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.
Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given Wealth and possessions, and has given him Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, And to rejoice in his labor; This is the gift of God.
A man to whom God shall give Wealth, and substance, and honor, And he wants nothing for his soul Of all things that he shall desire, Yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, For a stranger shall devour it: This is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
Wisdom will help the wise man More than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Even as a king having power: And who will say to him, What doest thou?
There is no man that has power over the spirit To retain the spirit; And there is no power in the day of death: And there is no discharge in the day of battle; Neither shall ungodliness save her votary.
So I saw all this, And I applied my heart to every work That has been done under the sun; All the things wherein man has power Over man to afflict him.
The words of the wise are heard in quiet More than the cry of them that rule in folly.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, Leave not thy place; For soothing will put an end to great offenses.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, Wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1850, grouped by book.
Exousiazo (Strong's G1850) is a Greek word most simply glossed "exercise authority upon". exousiazo (ex-ou-see-ad'-zo) v. 1. to control [from G1849]
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G1850 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1850 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as exercise, under, and power. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1850, with linked reader references where each row is available.