Lexicon eaó: to let alone, leave Original Word: ἐάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eaó Phonetic Spelling: (eh-ah'-o) Short Definition: I allow, permit, leave Definition: I allow, permit, let alone, leave. HELPS word-Studies 1439 eáō – to permit, which implies misgiving that goes with the allowing – such as pointing to a lurking danger (see Ac 23:32) or "putting up with something" with reluctance. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. verb, see also eaDefinitionto let alone, leave NASB Translationallow (2), allowed (2), leaving (1), left (1), let (2), permit (1), permitted (1), stop (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1439: ἐάωἐάω, ἕω; imperfect εἴων; future ἐάσω; 1 aorist εἴασα; from Homer down; 1. to allow, permit, let: followed by the infinitive, οὐκ ἄν εἴασε διορυγῆναι (T Tr WH διορυχθῆναι), Matthew 24:43; by the accusative of the person and the infinitive, Luke 4:41 (οὐκ εἴα αὐτά λαλεῖν); Acts 14:16; Acts 23:32; Acts 27:32; Acts 28:4; 1 Corinthians 10:13; by the accusative alone, when the infinitive is easily supplied from the context, οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτούς, namely, πορευθῆναι, Acts 16:7; οὐκ εἴων αὐτόν, namely, εἰσελθεῖν, Acts 19:30; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 476 (444)]. 2. τινα, to suffer one to do what he wishes, not to restrain, to let alone: Revelation 2:20 Rec.; Acts 5:38 R G; ἐᾶτε namely, αὐτούς, is spoken by Christ to the apostles, meaning, 'do not resist them, let them alone,' (the following ἕως τούτου is to be separated from what precedes; (others connect the words closely, and render 'suffer them to go even to this extreme'; but cf. Meyer at the passage, Weiss edition)), Luke 22:51. 3. To give up, let go, leave: τάς ἀγκύρας ... εἴων εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, they let down into the sea (i. e., abandoned; cf. B. D. American edition, p. 3009{a} bottom), Acts 27:40. (Compare: προσεάω.)
Strong's permit, leave alone. Of uncertain affinity; to let be, i.e. Permit or leave alone -- commit, leave, let (alone), suffer. See also ea. see GREEK ea |
