ἘΠΙΤΡΕΨΗ, ἐπιτρεψη
EPITREPSĒ, epitrepsē
Sounds Like: eh-pee-TREP-see
Translations: permit, allow, let, grant
From the root: ἘΠΙΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to give permission, to allow, or to grant something. It is used when someone has the authority to permit or forbid an action, and they choose to allow it. For example, one might permit someone to enter a building or allow a certain activity to take place.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2010 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ἘΠΕΤΡΕΨΕΝ — he permitted, he allowed, he gave permission, he entrusted
- 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
- ἘΠΤΡΕΨΑΣ — you permitted, you allowed, you entrusted, you committed
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