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Strong's #1832 - ἔξεστι
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ἔξεστι,
imper. ἐξέστω, subj. ἐξῇ, inf. ἐξεῖναι, part. ἐξόν: impf. ἐξῆν: fut. ἐξέσται, opt. ἐξέσοιτο X. Ages. 1.24, part. ἐξεσόμενον (v. infr.): impers. (v. ἔξειμι B): — it is allowed, is possible, c. inf., Hdt. 1.183, etc.: c. dat. pers. et inf., ib. 138, A. Eu. 899, etc.; ἔ. σοι ἀνδρὶ γενέσθαι X. An. 7.1.21; ἔ. εὐδαίμοσι γενέσθαι 'licet esse beatis', D. 3.23: with acc. instead of second dat., ἔ. ὑμῖν φίλους γενέσθαι Th. 4.20: c. acc. pers. et inf., Ar. Ach. 1079, Pl. Plt. 290d: neut. part. abs., ἐξεόν τοι.. ἕτερα ποιέειν since it was possible for thee to.., Hdt. 4.126; ἐξόν σοι γάμου τυχεῖν A. Pr. 648; ἐξὸν κεκλῆσθαι S. El. 365; ὡς οὐκ ἐξεσόμενον τῇ πόλει δίκην.. λαμβάνειν Lys. 14.10.
ἔξεστι, an impersonal verb (from the unused ἔξειμι), it is lawful;
a. followed by the present infinitive: Matthew 12:2, 10 (Tdf. infinitive aorist),
b. followed by the dative of person and a present infinitive: Mark 6:18; Acts 16:21; Acts 22:25; and an aorist infinitive: Matthew 19:3 (L T WH omit the dative); Matthew 20:15; Mark 2:26 (R G L Tr text); Mark 10:2; Luke 20:22 R G L; John 5:10; John 18:31; Acts 21:37; ἐξόν ἦν, Matthew 12:4; ἅ οὐκ ἐξόν, namely, ἐστι, 2 Corinthians 12:4; with the infinitive omitted, as being evident from the context: πάντα (μοι) ἔξεστιν, namely, ποιεῖν, 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:23.
c. followed by the accusative and infinitive: Luke 6:4; Luke 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: ἐξόν ἐξόν, see ἔξεστι.
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ἔξ -εστι
(< ειμί ),
impers. verb.,
it is permitted, lawful: Mark 2:24, Acts 8:37 (R, mg.), 1 Corinthians 10:23; c. inf.. Matthew 12:2; Matthew 12:10; Matthew 12:12 Matthew 14:4 Matthew 15:26 Matthew 19:3 Matthew 22:17 Matthew 27:6, Mark 3:4; Mark 12:14, Luke 6:2; Luke 6:9; Luke 14:3, John 5:10; seq. acc, Mark 2:26, Luke 6:4; Luke 20:22; c. dat. pers. et inf., Matthew 20:15, Mark 6:18 Mark 10:2, John 18:31, Acts 16:21 Acts 21:37 Acts 22:25 (inf. understood), 1 Corinthians 6:12; ἐξόν (sc. ἐστί ), Acts 2:29, 2 Corinthians 12:4; ἐξὸν ἦν , Matthew 12:4.†
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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) ο ̣ὐ ̣κ ̣ ἐξόντος οὐδενὶ τῶν ὁμολογούντων παραβαίνειν τὰ προκείμενα. With the inf. omitted, as in 1 Corinthians 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 1 Corinthians 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"; (1 Corinthians 16:6) : cf. Blass Gr. p. 252, Proleg. p. 74.
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