ἐπιτρέπωepitrépō

Meanings

Same root

• ἐπίepí · G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
• τροπήtropḗ · G5157a turn ("trope"), i.e. revolution (figuratively, variation)
• ἐπιτροπήepitropḗ · G2011permission, i.e. (by implication) full power

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 8:21 Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
• Matthew 19:8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.
• Mark 5:13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
• Mark 10:4 “Well, he permitted it,” they replied. “He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away.”
• Luke 8:32 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby, and the demons begged him to let them enter into the pigs. So Jesus gave them permission.
• Luke 9:59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”