Lexical Summary authairetos: self-chosen, of one's own accord Original Word: αὐθαίρετοςTransliteration: authairetos Phonetic Spelling: (ow-thah'-ee-ret-os) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: self-chosen, of one's own accord Meaning: self-chosen, of one's own accord Strong's Concordance of own accordFrom autos and the same as hairetizo; self-chosen, i.e. (by implication) voluntary -- of own accord, willing of self. see GREEK autos see GREEK hairetizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 830: αὐθαίρετοςαὐθαίρετος, ἀυθαιρετον (from αὐτός and ἁιρέομαι), self-chosen; in Greek writings especially of states or conditions, as δουλεία, Thucydides 6, 40, etc., more rarely of persons; voluntary, of free choice, of one's own accord (as στρατηγός, Xenophon, an. 5, 7, 29, explained § 28 by ὅς ἑαυτόν έ῾ληται): 2 Corinthians 8:3, 17. |
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