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Greek verb · G2715

κατεξουσιάζω

katexousiazokat-ex-oo-see-ad'-zo

to rule

2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: katexousiázō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2715is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 1
    spelling

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2715

to have (wield) full privilege over

The King James renders it: exercise authority.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

katexousiazo is rendered "to rule". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

The first use

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

Matthew 20:25κατεξουσιάζουσιν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

One of the word's two uses is in Matthew.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • exercise authority over2

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

κατεργάζομαιkatergazomaito workout/produceUses22
κατέχωkatechoto hold back/fastUses17
κατέρχομαιkaterchomaito descendUses16
κατεσθίωkatesthioto devourUses14
κατέναντιkatenantibeforeUses8
κατευθύνωkateuthynoto guideUses3
κατενώπιονkatenopionbeforeUses3
κατείδωλοςkateidolosidolatrousUses1
κατεφίστημιkatephistemito attackUses1

All 2, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

1 spelling and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • κατεξουσιάζουσιν2

The grammar of each form

  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P

Matthew

one use
  • But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

    Matthew 20:25

    • κατεξουσιάζουσινkatexousiazousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: exercise authority over

Mark

one use
  • So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

    Mark 10:42

    • κατεξουσιάζουσινkatexousiazousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: exercise authority over

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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