Principalities and Powers
3 Greek words in 11 Bible Passages
Introduction
This is a Greek word study of three words used to convey the idea of "principalities and powers" a total of 11 times in the New Testament. The reason for 3 Greek words rather that 2 is because there are 2 different types of "power" in the Greek - 1) the power of strength and 2) the power of authority. Both of those words are used in the 11 passages we will look at in this study. Various English words have been used as translations for the 3 Greek words we will study. But, to be more clear for the reader, I will only use 3 descriptive, color-coded English words to match the 3 Greeks words. The words are:
- "Principality": this is a supreme power, such as a nation, kingdom, country dominion, province, etc...
- "Authority": this is a person or persons with a high level of knowledge or skill to enfoce the rules of the "Principality".
- "Power": this is a person or persons with strength to enforce the rules of the "Principality" working under those who have "Authority" to enforce those rules
3 Greek words
Desiring to live by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah (Deut8:3; Matt4:4)
-Sid Nash: 10/30/2025. Latest version: https://sidnash.org/docs/PrincipalityPower.html