Juridiction - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Juridiction

[ 1,,G1849, exousia ]
power, authority," is used, by metonymy, to denote "jurisdiction," in Luke 23:7. For the different meanings of the word and other instances of its use by metonymy, See AUTHORITY, A, No. 1.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words