- Original: αὐθεντέω - Transliteration: Authenteo - Phonetic: ow-then-teh'-o - Definition: 1. one who with his own hands kills another or himself 2. one who acts on his own authority, autocratic 3. an absolute master 4. to govern, exercise dominion over one - Origin: from a compound of G846 and an obsolete hentes (a worker) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a compound of G846 and ἕντης hentēs (obsolete; a worker); to act of oneself that is (figuratively) dominate: - usurp authority over. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • over, 1 1 Timothy 2:12