ἔξεστι, an impersonal verb (from the unused ἔξειμι), it is lawful; a. followed by the present infinitive: Mat_12:2; Mat_12:10 (Tdf. infinitive aorist), ; ; Luk_6:2 (R G T); (L T Tr WH infinitive aorist); with the aorist infinitive: Matt. ( L T); ; Mar_3:4; Mar_12:14; Luk_6:9; Act_2:29 (ἐξόν εἰπεῖν scil. ἔστω, allow me (others supply ἐστι, Buttmann, 318 (273); Winer's Grammar, § 64, I. 2 a., cf. § 2, 1 d.)); with the infinitive omitted because readily suggested by the context, Mar_2:24 and Rec. in Act_8:37. b. followed by the dative of person and a present infinitive: Mar_6:18; Act_16:21; Act_22:25; and an aorist infinitive: Mat_19:3 (L T WH omit the dative); Mat_20:15; Mar_2:26 (R G L Tr text); Mar_10:2; Luk_20:22 R G L; Joh_5:10; Joh_18:31; Act_21:37; ἐξόν ἦν, Mat_12:4; ἅ οὐκ ἐξόν, namely, ἐστι, 2Co_12:4; with the infinitive omitted, as being evident from the context: πάντα (μοι) ἔξεστιν, namely, ποιεῖν, 1Co_6:12; 1Co_10:23. c. followed by the accusative and infinitive: Luk_6:4; Luk_20:22 T Tr WH; so here and there even in classic writings; cf. Rost § 127 Anm. 2; Kühner, § 475 Anm. 2; (Buttmann, § 142, 2). STRONGS NT 1832: ἐξόνἐξόν, see ἔξεστι.

ἔξεστιν exestin 31x 3rd person sing of the unused ἔχειμι (#1997) used impersonally, it is possible; it is permitt ed, it is lawful, Mat_12:2 ; Mat_12:4 ; Mar_3:4 ; Luk_6:9 ; Act_22:25 ; 1Co_6:12 lawful; (to be) permitted.

ἔξ -εστι ( < ειμί ), impers . verb., it is permitted, lawful: Mar_2:24 , Act_8:37 ( R , mg .), 1Co_10:23 ; c . inf .. Mat_12:2 ; Mat_12:10 ; Mat_12:12 Mat_14:4 Mat_15:26 Mat_19:3 Mat_22:17 Mat_27:6 , Mar_3:4 ; Mar_12:14 , Luk_6:2 ; Luk_6:9 ; Luk_14:3 , Joh_5:10 ; seq . acc , Mar_2:26 , Luk_6:4 ; Luk_20:22 ; c. dat. pers . et inf ., Mat_20:15 , Mar_6:18 Mar_10:2 , Joh_18:31 , Act_16:21 Act_21:37 Act_22:25 ( inf . understood), 1Co_6:12 ; ἐξόν ( sc . ἐστί ), Act_2:29 , 2Co_12:4 ; ἐξὸν ἦν , Mat_12:4 .†

ἔξεστι (ἔξον ) [page 223] BGU IV. 1127 .20 (B.C. 18) μὴι ἐξῖναι τῶι Ἀ . λέγιν , PSI III. 203 .7 (A.D. 87) μὴ ἐξέστω δὲ τῇ Φιλωτέρᾳ προσρείπτειν τῷ Παποντῶτι τὸ σωμά [τιον ἐντὸς τοῦ χρόνου (?), ib. 218 .2 (A.D. 250) ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ ἐξόντος οὐδενὶ τῶν ὁμολογούντων παραβαίνειν τὰ προκείμενα . With the inf. omitted, as in 1Co_10:23 , cf. P Ryl II. 77 .48 (A.D. 192) τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἐξῆν , this was not permissible, and ib. 62 .16 (translation of an unknown Latin work iii/A.D.) πάντα τὰ ἄλλα ἔξεστί μοι , a passage which recalls 1Co_6:12 : see also Epict. ii. i. 23 νῦν ἄλλο τί ἐστιν ἐλευθερία ἢ τὸ ἐξεῖναι ὡς βουλόμεθα διεξάγειν ; In PSI III. 218 .2 ut s. and P Oxy II. 275 .22 (A.D. 66) (= Selections , p. 56) οὐκ ἐξόντος τῷ Τρύφωνι ἀποσπᾶν τὸν παῖδα , the gen. abs. stands for the older acc. abs., which has not kept its place in the Κοινή except in τυχόν , perhaps ( 1Co_16:6 ) : cf. Blass Gr. p. 252, Proleg. p. 74.

ἔξεστι imperat. ἐξέστω subj. ἔξῃ opt. ἐξείη inf. ἐξεῖναι part. ἐξόν imperf. ἐξῆν fut. ἐξέσται opt. ἐξέσοιτο [Etym: impers., the only forms in use of ἔξ-ειμι] "it is allowed, it is in one's power, is possible", c. inf., Hdt. : c. dat. pers. et inf., id=Hdt. , attic; ἔξ. σοι ἀνδρὶ γενέσθαι Xen. :— c. acc. pers. et inf., Ar. :—part. neut. absol., ἐξόν "since it was possible", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.

ἔξ-εστι (εἰμί), impers. verb., it is permitted, lawful: Mrk.2:24, Act.8:37 (R, mg.), 1Co.10:23; with inf., Mat.12:2, 10 12 14:4 15:26 19:3 22:17 27:6, Mrk.3:4 12:14, Luk.6:2, 9 14:3, Jhn.5:10; before accusative, Mrk.2:26, Luk.6:4 20:22; with dative of person(s) and inf., Mat.20:15, Mrk.6:18 10:2, Jhn.18:31, Act.16:21 21:37 22:25 (inf. understood), 1Co.6:12; ἐξόν (sc. ἐστί), Act.2:29, 2Co.12:4; ἐξὸν ἦν, Mat.12:4.† (AS)