2001 Translation

EXEINAI, exeinai

Sounds Like: ex-EYE-nye

Translations: to be lawful, to be permitted, to be possible

From the root: ΕΞΕΣΤΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is an impersonal verb, meaning 'it is lawful,' 'it is permitted,' or 'it is possible.' It is often used with an infinitive to express what one is allowed or able to do, or with a dative case to indicate for whom something is permissible. For example, 'it is lawful for him to go' or 'it is permitted to speak'.

Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G1832 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 4:73, 8:215, 8:253, 8:270, 8:275, 8:291
• Book 11 — 5:156
• Book 12 — 3:126, 3:145, 3:146
• Book 13 — 15:404
• Book 14 — 10:208
• Book 16 — 2:36, 3:80, 10:304, 10:343, 11:358

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 21:14
• Book Two — 14:8

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
• 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
• 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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