Authentéō — G831

Definition

verb

to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate

1. according to earlier usage, one who with his own hand kills either others or himself
2. in later Greek writings one who does a thing himself the author"

Usually translated as

usurp authority over

Origin

from a compound of G846 and an obsolete héntēs (a worker)

• autós (G846)

Occurrences

Authentéō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Timothy (1)

• 1 Timothy 2:12 — But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over (αὐθεντεῖν) the man, but to be in silence.