Juridiction

Juridiction

1: ἐξουσία (Strong'S #1849 — Noun Feminine — exousia — ex-oo-see'-ah )

"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.