ἘΞΕΣΤΩ, ἐξεστω
EXESTŌ, exestō
Sounds Like: ex-ES-toh
Translations: let it be lawful, let it be permitted, it is lawful, it is permitted
From the root: ΕΞΕΣΤΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person singular present active imperative form of the impersonal verb ἔξεστι (exesti). It means 'it is lawful' or 'it is permitted'. As an imperative, it expresses a command or a wish that something be lawful or permitted, often translated as 'let it be lawful' or 'let it be permitted'. It is used to indicate what is permissible or allowable.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Active, Imperative
Strong’s number: G1832 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:33
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΞΕΣΤΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΞΕΙΗ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible
- ἘΞΕΙΝΑΙ — to be lawful, to be permitted, to be possible
- ἘΞΕΣΤΑΙ — it will be lawful, it will be permitted, it will be possible
- ἘΞΕΣΤΙ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible
- ἘΞΟΝ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible, being lawful, being permitted, being possible
- ΕΞΕΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be lawful, it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible
- ΕΞΕΣΤΑΙ — it will be lawful, it will be permitted, it will be possible
- ΕΞΕΣΤΑΚΕΝΑΙ — to be lawful, to be permitted, to be possible
- ΕΞΕΣΤΙ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible, it is proper
- ΕΞΕΣΤΩΣ — being lawful, being permitted, it being lawful, it being permitted
- ΕΞΟΝ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible, it is proper, it is right
- ΕΞΟΝΤΑ — being lawful, being possible, being permitted, it being lawful, it being possible, it being permitted
- ΕΞΟΝΤΑΣ — having power, being able, being lawful, being permitted, being possible
- ΕΞΟΝΤΙ — being lawful, being possible, it being lawful, it being possible, (to) being lawful, (to) being possible
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