Epitrope rhetorically permits someone to continue a course of action, often to expose its folly or consequence.
Epitrope rhetorically permits someone to continue a course of action, often to expose its folly or consequence.
Epitrope is a figure of permission or concession in which the speaker appears to allow an action, but the context turns that permission into rebuke, irony, warning, or judicial abandonment.
These examples show how Epitrope functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
Go and cry out to the gods
The LORD’s command rhetorically permits Israel to seek help from idols in order to expose their folly.
Go up and triumph
Micaiah’s initial answer appears permissive but is exposed as ironic in context.
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices
The LORD’s command rhetorically dismisses ritual performance divorced from obedience.
Go serve every one of you his idols
The statement functions as judicial permission that exposes Israel’s divided worship.
Come to Bethel, and transgress
The invitation is a rebuking permission, not a genuine call to sin.
Rejoice, O young man
The permission to rejoice is immediately bounded by accountability before God.
Sleep and take your rest later
Jesus’ words are context-sensitive and may function as a solemn concession amid the disciples’ failure.
Sleep and take your rest
The statement appears as rebuking concession before the announcement that the hour has come.
let the evildoer still do evil
The permission is judicial and eschatological, pressing the fixed consequence of response to revelation.
if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized
Paul allows obstinate non-recognition to stand under its own consequence.
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