1 Timothy 2:12

Suffer [ε π ι τ ρ ε π ω]. Lit. turn over to; thence, permit. See 1 Corinthians 14:34.

Usurp authority [α υ θ ε ν τ ε ι ν]. N. T. o. o LXX, o Class. It occurs in late ecclesiastical writers. The kindred noun aujqenthv one who does a thing with his own hand, Wisd. 12 6, and also in Herodotus, Euripides, and Thucyelides. Auqentia right, 3 Macc. 2 29. The verb means to do a thing one's self; hence, to exercise authority. The A. V. usurp authority is a mistake. Rend. to have or exercise dominion over.