2001 Translation

EXON, exon

Sounds Like: EX-on

Translations: it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible, being lawful, being permitted, being possible

From the root: ΕΞΕΣΤΙ

Part of Speech: Participle, Verb

Explanation: This word is the neuter singular present active participle of the impersonal verb ἔξεστι (exesti), which means 'it is lawful,' 'it is permitted,' or 'it is possible.' As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing something that is lawful, permitted, or possible. It is often used in constructions where something is allowed or permissible.

Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G1832 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:13, 10:5, 10:45

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 14:338, 14:349
• Book 8 — 15:404
• Book 9 — 10:224
• Book 15 — 4:102, 11:419
• Book 20 — 9:202

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 2:18
• Book Five — 8:3
• Book Six — 9:18

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 66:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 12:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 4:2
• 4 Maccabees — 5:18, 17:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 12:4
• Acts — 2:29
• 2 Corinthians — 12:4

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
• ἘΞΕΣΤΩ — let it be lawful, let it be permitted, it is lawful, it is permitted
• 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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