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Commission

ἐπιτροπήStrong’s G2011

epitropē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Epitropē is the Greek word usually translated “commission”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,”
Acts 26:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “commission”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • commission 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    ἐπιτροπή epitropē · commission

    ἐπι-τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.13:14 * ;] power to decide, authority: Act.26:12.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “commission” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    COMMISSION, noun

    1. The act of committing, doing, performing, or perpetrating; as the commission of a crime.
    2. The act of committing or sending to; the act of entrusting, as a charge or duty.
    3. The thing committed, entrusted or delivered; letters patent, or any writing from proper authority, given to a person as his warrant for exercising certain powers, or the performance of any duty, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or military.
    4. Charge; order; mandate; authority given.
    All definitions
    1. By a metonymy, a number of persons joined in an office or trust.
    2. The state of that which is entrusted, as the great seal was put into commission; or the state of being authorized to act or perform service, as a ship is put into commission
    3. In commerce, the state of acting under authority in the purchase and sale of goods for another.
    4. The allowance made to a factor or commission-merchant for transacting business, which is a certain rate per cent. of the value of the goods bought or sold.

    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.