Strong G2010ἐπιτρέπω

to permit

Transliteration
epitrepō
Pronunciation
ep-ee-trep'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1909 and the base of G5157; to turn over (transfer) that is allow: - give leave (liberty license) let permit suffer.

Detailed definition

ἐπι-τρέπω
[in LXX (usually with seel. ἐπιστρ-): Gen.39:6 (עָזַב), etc.;]
1. to turn to, commit, entrust.

2. to yield, permit: 1Co.16:7, Heb.6:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:13, Jhn.19:38; id. with inf. (cf. M, Pr., 205), Mat.8:21 19:8, Luk.8:32 9:52, 61 Act.21:39-40 27:3, 1Ti.2:12; with inf., Mrk.10:4. Pass., with dative and inf., Act.26:1 28:16, 1Co.14:34.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2010 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • suffer9
  • give4
  • permit4
  • leave2
  • be1
  • go1
  • let1
  • liberty1
  • licence1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:21
    And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
  2. Matthew 8:31
    So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
  3. Matthew 19:8
    He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
  4. Mark 5:13
    And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
  5. Mark 10:4
    And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
  6. Luke 8:32
    And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
  7. Luke 9:59
    And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
  8. Luke 9:61
    And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
  9. John 19:38
    And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
  10. Acts 21:39
    But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
  11. Acts 21:40
    And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
  12. Acts 26:1
    Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
  13. Acts 27:3
    And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
  14. Acts 28:16
    And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
  15. 1 Corinthians 14:34
    Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
  16. 1 Corinthians 16:7
    For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
  17. 1 Timothy 2:12
    But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
  18. Hebrews 6:3
    And this will we do, if God permit.
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ἐπιτρέπ-ω,
Ionic dialect ἐπιτράπω [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81:)]future -τρέψ; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural -τρέψοντι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.21)]; Cretan dialect infinitive -τραψῆν[Refs (“GDI” 5039.21,5024.12)]: aorist I -έτρεψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.116, etc.:)]aorist 2 -έτραπον[Refs ([prev. work] 59)]: perfect -τέτρᾰφα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.6.6:)] —middle, future -τρέψομαι (variant{-τράψ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155)]: aorist 2 -ετρᾰπόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.12:)] —passive, future -τετράψομαι Pisistr. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.54)]: aorist I -ετρέφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.5)]; Ionic dialect -ετράφθην, participle -τραφθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7)]: aorist 2 -ετράπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31)]: perfect (see. below [Refs (1.6))]:—properly to turn to or towards, used by Hom.in aorist 2 middle, σοὶ.. θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο εἴρεσθαι thy mind inclined itself to ask, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.12.)]
b to overturn upon, τινί τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 8.)]
2 turn over to, transfer, bequeath, παισὶν ἐπιτρέψειεν ἕκαστος κτήματ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.149.)]
3 commit, entrust to another as trustee, guardian, or vicegerent, οἱ.. ἐπέτρεπεν οἶκον ἅπαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.226; ἐπιτρέψειας ἕκαστα δμῳάων [ἐκείνῃ] ἥ τις..ἀρίστη 15.24, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.509)]; θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι leave it to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.289, compare 19.502)]; so κάκοισι θῦμον ἐπιτρέπην (Aeolic dialect infinitive) [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35.1; σμικραῖς ἑαυτοὺς ἐ. ἐλπίσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 921)]; frequently in Prose, ἐ. τινὶ τὰ πρήγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.26; τὴν πόλιν [prev. author] 4.202; Νάξον Λυγδάμι [prev. author] 1.64; τὰ πάντα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; πλεῖστα τῷ ἀλογίστῳ [prev. author] 5.99; τὴν ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.31, etc.)]; also a son for education, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 200d)]: with dative et infinitive, τινά τινι γερονταγωγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1098)]: frequently in Attic dialect, refer a legal issue to any one, τινὶ δίαιταν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.45; διάγνωσις -τετράφθω τῷ ἐπιμελητῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936a; οἷς (attracted for ἃ) ἂν ἐπιτρέψωσιν οἱ δὲ τάξωσι, τούτοις ἐμμένειν, i.e. acquiesce in the court and abide by its decision, [prev. work] 784c)] (for the construction [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.34 near the end).)]
4 with dative only, rely upon, leave to, τοῖσιν γὰρ ἐπετράπομέν γε μάλιστα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.59; ἐπιτρέψαι δὲ θεοῖσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.279; ἐ. τῇ ὀλιγαρχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81; ὥς οἱ (i.e. ἰατρῷ) ἐπέτρεψε [prev. work] 130: with _dative_ et)]infinitive, σοὶ ἐπέτρεψεν πονέεσθαι he left it to you to work, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.116, compare 421, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.10)]: frequently in Attic dialect, refer the matter to a person, leave it to his arbitration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1115, “V.” 521, “Ra.” 811)]; τινὶ δικαστῇ to one as a judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.83; τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖς μαντείῳ [prev. author] 1.28; ἐ. τῷ θεῷ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512e, cf. Alcaeus1.117e; ὑμῖν ἐπιτρέπω καὶ τῷ θεῷ κρῖναι [prev. author] “Ap.” 35d)]; Ἀθηναίοις ἐ. περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου to leave their case to the [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] save as to the penalty of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; περὶ ὧν διαφερόμεθα τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.1)]:—passive, δίκης Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐπιτραπείσης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31.)]
5 middle, entrust oneself, leave one's case to, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96; διαιτητῇ [prev. author] 5.95, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.8)]; also, to entrust what is one's own to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155, 157.)]
6 passive, to be entrusted, ᾧ λαοί τ᾽ ἐπιτετράφαται (3rd.pers. plural perfect for ἐπιτετραμμένοι εἰσί) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.25)]; τῇς (i.e. Ὥραις) ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανός heaven's gate is committed to them (to open and to shut),[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5.750, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142)]; ὑπό τινων ἐπιτρεφθῆναι (i.e. ἰατρῷ), of a patient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.5:)] with accusative _of things_, ἐπιτρέπομαί τι I am entrusted with a thing, ἐπιτραφθέντες τὴν ἀρχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7; ἐπιτετραμμένοι τὴν φυλακήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126.)]
II give up, yield, Ποσειδάωνι δὲ νίκην πᾶσαν ἐπέτρεψας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.473)]; later ἐ. τινί with infinitive, permit, suffer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1078, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 171e, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.8; also ἐ. Θηβαίοις αὐτονόμους εἶναι [prev. author] “HG” 6.3.9; οὐδενὶ ἐ. κακῷ εἶναι [prev. author] “An.” 3.2.31; ἐ. ἀδικέοντι τῷ ἀδελφεῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120; μὴ ἐ. τῷ ἀσεβοῦντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5e)]: absolutely, give way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 799, “Pl.” 915, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35b:)] — passive, ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπιτραπῆναι without leave, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 474.40 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 intransitive, give way, οὐ μὲν ἐπέτρεπε γήραϊ λυγρῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.79)]; indulge, μὴ πάντα ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπίτρεπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36; ταις ἡδοναῖς καὶ ἐπιθυμίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802c; τῇ ὀργῇ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.45.)]
III command, τὴν μὲν [τάξιν] ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ ἐπέτρεψεν ἐφέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.11: elsewhere with _dative_, “PLond.” 3.1173.3 (2nd c.AD))], etc.:—passive, ἐπετράπην ὑπὸ σοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 51.5 (2nd c.AD).)]