ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō

Greek word for “to permit” · Strong’s G2010 · used 18 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ἐπι-τρέπω; 1. to turn to, commit, entrust.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for epitrepō in context, with how often each is used:

• allowed 6
• do allow 4
• permitted 2
• shall permit 2
• would allow 1
• gave permission 1
• when was permitting 1
• do permit 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 9 (2), Acts 21 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 8 (1), John 19 (1), Acts 26 (1), Acts 27 (1)

Forms

• ἐπέτρεψεν 6
• ἐπίτρεψόν 4
• ἐπιτρέψῃ 2
• ἐπιτρέψαντος 1
• ἐπιτρέπεταί 1
• ἐπετράπη 1
• ἐπιτρέπεται 1
• ἐπιτρέπω 1
• ἐπιτρέπῃ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epitrepō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 5
• ἕτερος heteros “other” 4
• ἀγέλη agelē “herd” 2
• θάπτω thaptō “to bury” 2
• χοῖρος choiros “pig” 2
• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 3
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
• γυνή gunē “woman” 3
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 2
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 2
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 2
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 2

Key verses

The verses using epitrepō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• 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.
• 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,…
• 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.
• Luke 9:59 — And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• John 19:38 — And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus:…
• 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.
• 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…
• 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:
• 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.
• 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…
• 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.