Greek verb · G2010
ἐπιτρέπω
epitrepoep-ee-trep'-o
to turn to, commit, entrust.; to yield, permit
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epitrépō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2010is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2010
to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
The King James renders it: give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, 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
epitrepo is rendered "to turn to, commit, entrust.; to yield, permit". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to turn to, commit, entrust.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Matthew 8:21ἐπίτρεψόν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eighteen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to turn to, commit, entrust., and to yield, permit.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to turn to, commit, entrust. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” |
| to yield, permit1Co.16:7 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιτίθημι | epitithemi | to put/lay on | Uses38 |
| ἐπιτιμάω | epitimao | to rebuke | Uses29 |
| ἐπιτάσσω | epitasso | to command | Uses10 |
| ἐπιτελέω | epiteleo | to complete | Uses10 |
| ἐπιταγή | epitage | command | Uses6 |
| ἐπιτυγχάνω | epitynchano | to obtain | Uses5 |
| ἐπίτροπος | epitropos | manager | Uses3 |
| ἐπιτιμία | epitimia | punishment | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτροπή | epitrope | commission | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτήδειος | epitedeios | necessary | Uses1 |
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- ἐπέτρεψεν6
- ἐπίτρεψόν4
- ἐπιτρέψῃ2
- ἐπετράπη1
- ἐπιτρέπεται1
- ἐπιτρέπεταί1
- ἐπιτρέπῃ1
- ἐπιτρέπω1
- ἐπιτρέψαντος1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular4V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-AAP-GSM
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-PAS-3S
Matthew
two uses
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- ἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do allow
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: allowed
Mark
two uses
He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He allowed
They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Permitted
Luke
four uses
There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
- ἐπιτρέψῃepitrepseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He would allow
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He allowed
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- ἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do allow
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- ἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do allow
John
one use
Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: gave permission
Acts
five uses
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
- ἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do allow
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
- ἐπιτρέψαντοςepitrepsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: When was permitting
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- ἐπιτρέπεταίepitrepetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It is permitted
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he allowed
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- ἐπετράπηepetrapeverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was allowed
1 Corinthians
two uses
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- ἐπιτρέπεταιepitrepetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is allowed
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- ἐπιτρέψῃepitrepseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall permit
1 Timothy
one use
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
- ἐπιτρέπωepitrepoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do permit
Hebrews
one use
And this we will do, if God permits.
- ἐπιτρέπῃepitrepeverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall permit
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.