Strong’s G831 · Greek
αὐθεντέω
authentéō · ow-then-teh'-o
Origin from a compound of αὐτός (G846) and an obsolete ἕντης (a worker);
Meaning to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate
In the King James Version usurp authority over.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 1 Timothy 2:12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.