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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, being in command (Simias [III B.C.] 1, 11 [ed. HFränckel 1915=Coll. Alex. p. 109, ln. 11]) τινός (Ps.-Callisth. 2, 4, 3; Sus 39 Theod. A ἐκείνου οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι) over or of a thing ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης we were scarcely able to get the boat under control Ac 27:16.—DELG s.v. κράτος. M-M.