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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from...

power for someth. or over someone ὁ ἐξουσιάζων one who is in authority (Eccl 10:4,; TestSol C 9:8) Lk 22:25. Specif. the right or power to do with someth. as one sees fit (IG XIV, 79, 4) w. gen. of that over which one has the power (CIG III, 4584, 4 θυγατέρα αὐτῶν μὴ ἐξουσιάζειν τοῦ μνήματος) of husband and wife w. ref. to their marital duties ἐ. τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος have power over her (his) own body 1 Cor 7:4. Paul uses the pass. in wordplay w. ἔξεστιν: οὐκ ἐξουσιασθήσομαι ὑπό