Greek verb · G1439
ἐάω
eaoeh-ah'-o
to let, permit; to let alone, leave
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1439is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1439
to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone
The King James renders it: commit, leave, let (alone), suffer.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eao is rendered "to let, permit; to let alone, leave". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to let, permit".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
Matthew 24:43εἴασεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eleven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to let, permit, and to let alone, leave.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to let, permitwith accusative, with inf., with accusative and inf. (M, Pr., 205): Mat.24:43, Luk.4:41 22:51, Act.14.16; 16.7, 19:30 23.32 27:32 28:4 ,... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was… |
| to let alone, leave | Tagged as
| WhereActs 27:40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εἴασεν3
- εἴων2
- ἐάσαντες1
- ἐάσει1
- ἐᾶτε1
- εἴα1
- εἴασαν1
- εἴασεν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
Matthew
one use
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- εἴασενeiasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: allowed
Luke
two uses
Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
- εἴαeiaverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was He allowing
But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.
- ἐᾶτεeateverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do allow
Acts
seven uses
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
- εἴασενeiasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: allowed
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
- εἴασενeiasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did allow
Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
- εἴωνeionverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were allowing
The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
- ἐάσαντεςeasantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having allowed
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
- εἴασανeiasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: allowed
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
- εἴωνeionverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were leaving
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
- εἴασεν.¶eiasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has permitted
1 Corinthians
one use
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- ἐάσειeaseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will allow
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.