G2010 ἐπιτρέπω (epitrépō)

ἐπι-τρέπω ; 1 aor. ἐπέτρεψα; Pass., [pres. ἐπιτρέπομαι]; 2 aor. ἐπετράπην; pf. 3 pers. sing. ἐπιτέτραπται (1 Co. xiv. 34 RG); fr. Hom. down; 1. to turn to, transfer, commit, intrust. 2. to permit, allow, give leave: 1 Co. xvi. 7; Heb. vi. 3; τινί, Mk. v.13; Jn. xix. 38; with an inf. added, Mt. viii. 21; xix. 8; Lk. viii. 32; ix. 59, 61; Acts xxi. 89 sq.; 1 Tim. ii. 12; and without the dat. Mk. x. 4; foll. by ace. with inf. Acts xxvii. 3 (where L T Tr WH πορευθέντι) ; cf. Xen. an. 7, 7,8; Plato, legg. 5 p. 730d. Pass. ἐπιτρέπεταί τινι, with inf.: Acts xxvi. 1; XXvill. 16; 1 Co. xiv. 34.

ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō 18x

to give over, to leave to the entire trust or management of any one; hence, to permit, allow, suffer, Mt. 8:21; Mk. 5:13

ἐπι-τρέπω

[in LXX (usually with v.l. ἐπιστρ-): Ge 39:6 (עָזַב), etc. ;]

to turn to, commit, entrust.

to yield, permit: I Co 16:7, He 6:3; c. dat. pers., Mk 5:13, Jo 19:38; id. c. inf. (cf. M, Pr., 205), Mt 8:21 19:8, Lk 8:32 9:52, 61 Ac 21:39, 40 27:3, I Ti 2:12; c. inf., Mk 10:4. Pass., c. dat. et inf., Ac 26:1 28:16, I Co 14:34.†

ἐπιτρέπω. For the distinctive NT sense of this verb ‘ permit,” “allow,” cf. P Magd 27(B.c. 221) δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, . ++ μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν Tat Tlodpa κωλύειν ἡμᾶς οἰκοδομεῖν, 7b. 12) (B.C. 217) μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν αὐτοῖς ἐγβαλεῖν pe ἐκ τῶν κλήρων, BGU 11. 4512° (i/ii A.D.) θεῶν ἐπιτρεπόν[τ]ων, Ρ Ryl II. 120% (ap. 167) διὸ ἀξιῶ ἐπιτρέψαι μ[ο]ι χρήσασθαι αὐτῷ τῷ “Eppetvw, P Lond 951 verso* (late ili/A.D.) (=III. p. 213) τ]δ βρέφος ἐχέτω τροφόν, ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπιτίρέϊπω τῇ θυγατρί μου θηλάζειν, and for the pass., P Oxy III. 474 (A.D. 184 ἢ) δεύτερον τοῦτο προσαγορεύω ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπιτραπῆναι μὴ ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῦ κυριακοῦ χρήματος, “1 now make this second order that the imperial moneys are not to be touched without leave” (Edd.). For the use of the inf. after ἐπιτρέπω in the NT, as in the Pontic dialect of MGr, see Proleg. p. 205. For the verb = ‘‘entrust,’’ ‘‘commission,” ‘‘instruct,” we may cite a letter from a farm-bailiff to his employer, P Lond 1173°* (A.D. 125) (=LIII. p. 208) ὡς ἐϊπέτρεψάς μοι κατεργά[ζεσθ]αι τὴν χερσάμπελον ἐποίησα, ὕστερον ἐπ[έτρε]ψάς [μ]οι διὰ λόγον μήκετι κατερί γάζεσθαι, and the report of a public physician to the strategus, P Oxy I. 51 (A.D. 173) ἐπετράπην ὑπὸ σοῦ διὰ Ἡρακλείδου ὑπηρέτου ἐφιδεῖν σῶμα νεκρὸν ἀπηρτημένον (‘found hanged”), and similarly 26. III. 476}0 (ii/A.p.). For the more strictly legal usage, cf. further P Lips I. 85 (Α.Ὁ. 220) (= Chrest. 11. 210) μετὰ κυρίου. .. [rod αἰτηθέν]τοίς tm’ αὐτῆ]ς καὶ ἐπιτραπέντί(ος) ὑπὸ Αὐρηλίου Κάστορος... ἐν[ά)ρίχου ἐξη]γη[τοῦ, of a guardian for whom a woman had asked, and who ‘‘had been installed ” by the exegete Aurelius Kastor.

ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō) — to permit. ἐπιτρέπ-ω, Ionic dialect ἐπιτράπω [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]future -τρέψ; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural -τρέψοντι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect infinitive -τραψῆν[Refs]: aorist I -έτρεψα[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 -έτραπον[Refs]: perfect -τέτρᾰφα[Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, future -τρέψομαι (variant{-τράψ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -ετρᾰπόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future -τετράψομαι Pisistr. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist I -ετρέφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect -ετράφθην, participle -τραφθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -ετράπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect (see. below [Refs]:—properly to turn to or towards, used by Hom.in aorist 2 middle, σοὶ.. θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο εἴρεσθαι thy mind inclined itself to ask, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b to overturn upon, τινί τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. turn over to, transfer, bequeath, παισὶν ἐπιτρέψειεν ἕκαστος κτήματ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. commit, entrust to another as trustee, guardian, or vicegerent, οἱ.. ἐπέτρεπεν οἶκον ἅπαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι leave it to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so κάκοισι θῦμον ἐπιτρέπην (Aeolic dialect infinitive) [Refs 7th c.BC+]; frequently in Prose, ἐ. τινὶ τὰ πρήγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also a son for education, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, τινά τινι γερονταγωγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Attic dialect, refer a legal issue to any one, τινὶ δίαιταν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (for the construction [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. with dative only, rely upon, leave to, τοῖσιν γὰρ ἐπετράπομέν γε μάλιστα [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, σοὶ ἐπέτρεψεν πονέεσθαι he left it to you to work, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Attic dialect, refer the matter to a person, leave it to his arbitration, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὶ δικαστῇ to one as a judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἀθηναίοις ἐ. περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου to leave their case to the [Refs 4th c.BC+] save as to the penalty of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, δίκης Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐπιτραπείσης [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. middle, entrust oneself, leave one's case to, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to entrust what is one's own to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. passive, to be entrusted, ᾧ λαοί τ᾽ ἐπιτετράφαται (3rd.pers. plural perfect for ἐπιτετραμμένοι εἰσί) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῇς (i.e. Ὥραις) ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανός heaven's gate is committed to them (to open and to shut),[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπό τινων ἐπιτρεφθῆναι (i.e. ἰατρῷ), of a patient, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with accusative _of things_, ἐπιτρέπομαί τι I am entrusted with a thing, ἐπιτραφθέντες τὴν ἀρχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. give up, yield, Ποσειδάωνι δὲ νίκην πᾶσαν ἐπέτρεψας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later ἐ. τινί with infinitive, permit, suffer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, give way, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπιτραπῆναι without leave, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. intransitive, give way, οὐ μὲν ἐπέτρεπε γήραϊ λυγρῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; indulge, μὴ πάντα ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπίτρεπε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. command, τὴν μὲν [τάξιν] ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ ἐπέτρεψεν ἐφέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—passive, ἐπετράπην ὑπὸ σοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]