To permit
ἐπιτρέπωStrong’s G2010epitrepō
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epitrepō is the Greek word usually translated “do allow”, “allowed” and “shall permit”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
Meaning
Usually translated “do allow”, “allowed” and “shall permit”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do allow 5
- he allowed 3
- shall permit 2
- allowed 1
- permitted 1
- he would allow 1
- gave permission 1
- when was permitting 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
- Mark 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- John 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 19:8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- Mark 10:4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
- Luke 8:32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō · to permit
ἐπι-τρέπω [in LXX (usually with seel. ἐπιστρ-): Gen.39:6 (עָזַב), etc. ;] 1. to turn to, commit, entrust. 2. to yield, permit: 1Co.16:7, Heb.6:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:13, Jhn.19:38; id. with inf. (cf. M, Pr., 205), Mat.8:21 19:8, Luk.8:32 9:52, 61 Act.21:39-40 27:3, 1Ti.2:12; with inf., Mrk.10:4. Pass., with dative and inf., Act.26:1 28:16, 1Co.14:34.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “allowed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ALLOW'ED, participle passive
Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.