kosmokrator denotes hostile powers named among the forces opposed in the struggle described in Ephesians 6:12.

The attested use names plural hostile powers within the list of forces opposed in the struggle of Ephesians 6:12.

1. Hostile powers in the described struggle · dominant

   In Ephesians 6:12, the accusative plural form occurs after repeated "against" phrases in a list that contrasts the struggle with "blood and flesh." The APB renders the clause "against the world powers of this darkness," placing these powers among rulers, authorities, and spiritual forces of evil.

   Ephesians 6:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 6:12, the APB presents the term within the repeated opposition list as "the world powers of this darkness." That wording confirms the clause's presentation without isolating every element of the Greek term.