ΕΞΕΣΕΣΘΑΙ, εξεσεσθαι
EXESESTHAI, exesesthai
Sounds Like: ex-ES-es-thai
Translations: to be lawful, it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible
From the root: ΕΞΕΣΤΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an impersonal verb, meaning 'it is lawful' or 'it is permitted'. It is often used to express what is morally permissible, legally allowed, or simply possible. It typically takes a dative case for the person to whom it is lawful, and an infinitive or a 'hina' clause for the action that is lawful. For example, 'it is lawful for me to do this'.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Middle/Passive
Strong’s number: G1832 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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
- ἘΞΟΝ — it is lawful, it is permitted, it is possible, being lawful, being permitted, being 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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