Words the Bible translates as authority
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- onomaὄνομαa name: the word by which a person, place, or thing is identified, which in the New Testament regularly stands for the person's whole self, their authority, and their publicly known standing.
- exousiaἐξουσίαrightful authority: the freedom or power to act that has been granted, so the action is legitimate and cannot rightly be challenged
- epitagēἐπιταγήan order given by someone with the standing to be obeyed: a charge that binds rather than advises
- sholtanשׇׁלְטָןsovereign power to rule: the authority a king or God holds over a realm and its people.
- huperochēὑπεροχήauthoritynot studied yet
- kuriotēsκυριότηςlordship itself: the rightful authority of the Lord to be obeyed
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- a dominion: a class of ruling powers in the unseen world
- ḥesenחֵסֶןauthoritynot studied yet
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