Strong's Lexicon
G2010 — ἐπιτρέπω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2010 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπιτρέπω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and the base of G5157 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | epitrepo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-trep'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow, permit |
| KJV Renderings: | give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιτρέπω; 1 aorist ἐπέτρεψά; passive (present ἐπιτρέπομαι); 2 aorist ἐπετραπην; perfect 3 person singular ἐπιτέτραπται (1Co 14:34 R G); from Homer down;
1. to turn to, transfer, commit, intrust.
2. to permit, allow, give leave: 1Co 16:7; Heb 6:3; τίνι, Mar 5:13; Joh 19:38; with an infinitive added, Mat 8:21; Mat 19:8; Luk 8:32; Luk 9:59; Luk 9:61; Act 21:39; 1Ti 2:12; and without the dative Mar 10:4; followed by an accusative with an infinitive Act 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: Act 26:1; Act 28:16; 1Co 14:34.
STRONGS NT 2010a: ἐπιτροπεύω [ἐπιτροπεύω; (from Herodotus down); "to be ἐπίτροπος or procurator": of Pontius Pilate in Luk 3:1 WH (rejected) marginal reading; see their Appendix at the passage.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπιτρέπω (give leave (liberty)
Matthew 8:21
- KJV: And another of his disciples said unto him Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father
- GK: έτερος δε των μαθητών αυτού είπεν αυτώ κύριε επίτρεψόν μοι πρώτον απελθείν και θάψαι τον πατέρα μου
Matthew 8:31
- KJV: So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the herd of swine
- GK: οι δε δαίμονες παρεκάλουν αυτόν λέγοντες ει εκβάλλεις ημάς επίτρεψον ημίν απελθείν εις την αγέλην των χοίρων
Matthew 19:8
- KJV: He 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
- GK: λέγει αυτοίς ότι Μωσής προς την σκληροκαρδίαν υμών επέτρεψεν υμίν απολύσαι τας γυναίκας υμών απ΄ αρχής δε ου γέγονεν ούτως
Mark 5:13
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και επέτρεψεν αυτοίς ευθέως ο Ιησούς και εξελθόντα τα πνεύματα τα ακάθαρτα εισήλθον εις τους χοίρους και ώρμησεν η αγέλη κατά του κρημνού εις την θάλασσαν ήσαν δε ως δισχίλιοι και επνίγοντο εν τη θαλάσση
Mark 10:4
- KJV: And they said Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away
- GK: οι δε είπον Μωσής επέτρεψεν βιβλίον αποστασίου γράψαι και απολύσαι
Luke 8:32
- KJV: And 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
- GK: ην δε εκεί αγέλη χοίρων ικανών βοσκομένων εν τω όρει και παρεκάλουν αυτόν ίνα επιτρέψη αυτοίς εις εκείνους εισελθείν και επετρέψεν αυτοίς
Luke 9:59
- KJV: And he said unto another Follow me But he said Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father
- GK: είπε δε προς έτερον ακολούθει μοι ο δε είπεν κύριε επίτρεψόν μοι απελθόντι πρώτον θάψαι τον πατέρα μου
Luke 9:61
- KJV: And another also said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at my house
- GK: είπε δε και έτερος ακολουθήσω σοι κύριε πρώτον δε επίτρεψόν μοι αποτάξασθαι τοις εις τον οίκόν μου
John 19:38
- KJV: And after this Joseph of Arimathaea being a disciple of Jesus but secretly for fear of the Jews besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus and Pilate gave leave He came therefore and took the body of Jesus
- GK: μετά δε ταύτα ηρώτησε τον Πιλάτον ο Ιωσήφ ο από Αριμαθαίας ων μαθητής του Ιησού κεκρυμμένος δε διά τον φόβον των Ιουδαίων ίνα άρη το σώμα του Ιησού και επέτρεψεν ο Πιλάτος ήλθεν ουν και ήρε το σώμα του Ιησού