Strong G2011ἐπιτροπή
commission
- Transliteration
- epitropē
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-trop-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2010; permission that is (by implication) full power: - commission.
Detailed definition
ἐπι-τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.13:14 *;]
power to decide, authority: Act.26:12.†
(AS)
(ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.13:14 *;]
power to decide, authority: Act.26:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2011 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- commission1
First verses
- Acts 26:12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτροπ-ή, ἡ,
reference, especially to an arbiter in decision of a law-suit, ἠξίουν δίκης ἐπιτροπὴν σφίσι γενέσθαι ἢ ἐς πόλιν τινὰ ἢ ἰδιώτην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41)]; ἡ ἐ. τούτῳ πρὸς Παρμένοντα γέγονε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.23; εἰς ἐ. ἔρχεσθαι [prev. work]14; ἡ ἐ. ἐγένετό μοι [prev. work]16; τὴν ἐ. λῦσαι [prev. passage]; ἀνέντες τὴν ἐ.)] having declined it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31.)]
2 generally, power to decide, ἐ. διδόναι τινὶ περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 17, compare “Schwyzer” 195.10 (Crete (from Delos), 2nd c.BC))]; διδόναι τῇ συγκλήτῳ τὴν ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.39.5)]; διδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἐ., or τὴν ἐ. διδόναι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, Latin dedere se in fidem, to surrender absolutely, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.11.8, 15.8.14, etc.)]; ἐ. λαβεῖν εἰς τὸ διαλῦσαι to receive full powers to treat, [NT+1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.15.7, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.45, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.47; μετ᾽ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐ. NT.Act.26.12.)]
II guardianship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 924b, etc.)]; ἐπιτροπῆς κατάστασις, διαδικασία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 56.6; ἀποχὴ τῆς ἐ. “POxy.” 898.24 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐπιτροπῆς δικάζεσθαι, of an action brought by a ward against a guardian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 27; καταγιγνώσκειν τὴν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.58; ἐπιτροπῆς κρίνειν τινά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.844c.)]
II.2 office of a Roman procurator, ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 16.8 (2nd c.AD))]: generally, stewardship, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PLond. 2.454.10 (4th c.AD).)]
reference, especially to an arbiter in decision of a law-suit, ἠξίουν δίκης ἐπιτροπὴν σφίσι γενέσθαι ἢ ἐς πόλιν τινὰ ἢ ἰδιώτην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41)]; ἡ ἐ. τούτῳ πρὸς Παρμένοντα γέγονε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.23; εἰς ἐ. ἔρχεσθαι [prev. work]14; ἡ ἐ. ἐγένετό μοι [prev. work]16; τὴν ἐ. λῦσαι [prev. passage]; ἀνέντες τὴν ἐ.)] having declined it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31.)]
2 generally, power to decide, ἐ. διδόναι τινὶ περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 17, compare “Schwyzer” 195.10 (Crete (from Delos), 2nd c.BC))]; διδόναι τῇ συγκλήτῳ τὴν ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.39.5)]; διδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἐ., or τὴν ἐ. διδόναι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, Latin dedere se in fidem, to surrender absolutely, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.11.8, 15.8.14, etc.)]; ἐ. λαβεῖν εἰς τὸ διαλῦσαι to receive full powers to treat, [NT+1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.15.7, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.45, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.47; μετ᾽ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐ. NT.Act.26.12.)]
II guardianship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 924b, etc.)]; ἐπιτροπῆς κατάστασις, διαδικασία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 56.6; ἀποχὴ τῆς ἐ. “POxy.” 898.24 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐπιτροπῆς δικάζεσθαι, of an action brought by a ward against a guardian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 27; καταγιγνώσκειν τὴν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.58; ἐπιτροπῆς κρίνειν τινά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.844c.)]
II.2 office of a Roman procurator, ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 16.8 (2nd c.AD))]: generally, stewardship, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PLond. 2.454.10 (4th c.AD).)]