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Strong's #2011 - ἐπιτροπή

Transliteration
epitropḗ
Phonetics
ep-ee-trop-ay'
Origin
from (G2010)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
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Definition   
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  1. permission, power, commission
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιτροπ-ή, ἡ,

I

1. reference, esp. to an arbiter in decision of a law-suit, ἠξίουν δίκης ἐπιτροπὴν σφίσι γενέσθαι ἢ ἐς πόλιν τινὰ ἢ ἰδιώτην Th. 5.41; ἡ ἐ. τούτῳ πρὸς Παρμένοντα γέγονε D. 33.23; εἰς ἐ. ἔρχεσθαι ib.14; ἡ ἐ. ἐγένετό μοι ib.16; τὴν ἐ. λῦσαι ibid.; ἀνέντες τὴν ἐ. having declined it, Th. 5.31.

2. generally, power to decide, ἐ. διδόναι τινὶ περί τινος Hp. Decent. 17, cf. Schwyzer 195.10 (Crete (from Delos), ii B.C.); διδόναι τῇ συγκλήτῳ τὴν ἐ. Plb. 18.39.5; διδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἐ., or τὴν ἐ. διδόναι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, Lat. dedere se in fidem, to surrender absolutely, Id. 2.11.8, 15.8.14, etc.; ἐ. λαβεῖν εἰς τὸ διαλῦσαι to receive full powers to treat, Id. 3.15.7, cf. D.H. 2.45, D.S. 17.47; μετ' ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐ. Acts 26:12.

II

1. guardianship, Pl. Lg. 924b, etc.; ἐπιτροπῆς κατάστασις, διαδικασία, Arist. Ath. 56.6; ἀποχὴ τῆς ἐ. POxy. 898.24 (ii A.D.); ἐπιτροπῆς δικάζεσθαι, of an action brought by a ward against a guardian, Lys. Fr. 27; καταγιγνώσκειν τὴν ἐ. D. 29.58; ἐπιτροπῆς κρίνειν τινά Plu. 2.844c.

2. office of a Roman procurator, ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐ. BGU 16.8 (ii A.D.): generally, stewardship, PLond. 2.454.10 (iv A.D.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπιτροπή, ἐπιτροπῆς, (ἐπιτρέπω), permission, power, commission: Acts 26:12. (From Thucydides down.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐπι -τροπή , -ῆς ,

(< ἐπιτρέπω ),

[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 13:14 *;]

power to decide, authority: Acts 26:12.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For ., as in Acts 26:12, cf. P Par 45.4 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski.2, p. 84) ἀλ᾽ ὅμως τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δίδομει, P Oxy IV. 743.82 (B.C. 2) περὶ πάντων αὐτῷ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δέδωκα. It is = ";the office of guardian"; in P Oxy VI. 898.24 (A.D. 123) αἰτοῦσά μ [ε ] ἀντὶ ταύτης ἀποχὴν τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς, ";demanding from me in return a receipt for her guardianship,"; P Ryl II. 153.20 (A.D. 138–61) οὓς [οἶδα ἐπιτηδείου ]ς καὶ ἀξίου [ς τ ]ῆς ἐπιτροπῆ [ς, ";whom I know to be suitable and worthy of the office of guardian,"; and = ";the office of procurator"; in BGU I. 16.8 (A.D. 159–60) (= Selections, p. 84) τῆς τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐπιτροπῆς. In MGr ἐπιτροπή = ";committee.";

 


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List of Word Forms
επιτροπης επιτροπής ἐπιτροπῆς epitropes epitropês epitropēs epitropē̂s
 
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