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katakurieuo (2634), kata, "down" (intensive), and No. 1, "to exercise, or gain, dominion over, to lord it over," is used of (a) the "lordship" of gentile rulers, <Matt. 20:25>, KJV, "exercise dominion," RV, "lord it", <Mark 10:42>, KJV, "exercise lordship," RV, "lord it"; (b) the power of demons over men, <Acts 19:16>, KJV, "overcame," RV, "mastered"; (c) of the evil of elders in "lording" it over the saints under their spiritual care, <1 Pet. 5:3>. See LORDSHIP, OVERCOME.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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