ἘΠΕΤΡΕΨΕΝ, ἐπετρεψεν
EPETREPSEN, epetrepsen
Sounds Like: eh-peh-TREP-sen
Translations: he permitted, he allowed, he gave permission, he entrusted
From the root: ἘΠΙΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to permit,' 'to allow,' or 'to give permission.' It can also mean 'to entrust' or 'to commit something to someone.' It is often used to describe an action where authority or consent is given for something to happen. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἘΠΙ' (upon, over) and the verb 'ΤΡΕΠΩ' (to turn).
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist Indicative Active
Strong’s number: G2010 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:266
- Book 7 — 10:247
- Book 9 — 7:155
- Book 13 — 9:256, 9:257, 16:417
- Book 14 — 9:158
- Book 15 — 11:405
- Book 20 — 3:67, 9:218, 10:244
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:61
- Book Three — 7:20, 10:76, 10:80
- Book Four — 9:3
- Book Five — 8:4, 12:20
- Book Six — 6:38
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 10:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΤΡΕΠΟΝ — they were permitting, they were allowing, they were entrusting, they were giving leave
- ἘΠΙΤΕΤΡΑΦΘΑΙ — to be entrusted, to be committed, to be allowed, to be permitted
- ἘΠΙΤΕΤΡΟΦΟΤΟΣ — of having entrusted, of having permitted, of having allowed, of having committed, of having given charge
- ἘΠΙΤΡΑΠΗΝΑΙ — to permit, to allow, to entrust, to commit
- ἘΠΙΤΡΕΠΕΙΣ — you permit, you allow, you entrust, you give leave
- ἘΠΙΤΡΕΠΩ — to permit, to allow, to entrust, to commit, to give leave
- ἘΠΙΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΟΣ — allowing, permitting, entrusting, committing, giving leave, giving permission
- ἘΠΙΤΡΕΨΗ — permit, allow, let, grant
- ἘΠΤΡΕΨΑΣ — you permitted, you allowed, you entrusted, you committed
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