Lexicon epitrepó: to turn to, entrust, hence to permit Original Word: ἐπιτρέπωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epitrepó Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-trep'-o) Short Definition: I allow, permit Definition: I turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and the same as tropéDefinitionto turn to, entrust, hence to permit NASB Translationallow (2), allowed (2), gave...permission (2), given...permission (1), granted permission (1), permit (4), permits (2), permitted (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2010: ἐπιτρέπωἐπιτρέπω; 1 aorist ἐπέτρεψά; passive (present ἐπιτρέπομαι); 2 aorist ἐπετραπην; perfect 3 person singular ἐπιτέτραπται ( 1 Corinthians 14:34 R G); from Homer down; 1. to turn to, transfer, commit, intrust. 2. to permit, allow, give leave: 1 Corinthians 16:7; Hebrews 6:3; τίνι, Mark 5:13; John 19:38; with an infinitive added, Matthew 8:21; Matthew 19:8; Luke 8:32; Luke 9:59, 61; Acts 21:39; 1 Timothy 2:12; and without the dative Mark 10:4; followed by an accusative with an infinitive Acts 27:3 (where L T Tr WH πορευθέντι); cf. Xenophon, an. 7, 7, 8; Plato, legg. 5, p. 730 d. Passive ἐπιτρέπεται τίνι, with an infinitive: Acts 26:1; Acts 28:16; 1 Corinthians 14:34. STRONGS NT 2010a: ἐπιτροπεύω [ἐπιτροπεύω; (from Herodotus down); "to be ἐπίτροπος or procurator": of Pontius Pilate in Luke 3:1 WH (rejected) marginal reading; see their Appendix at the passage.]
Strong's give leave, let, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over (transfer), i.e. Allow -- give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer. see GREEK epi see GREEK trope |
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