ἐπιτρέπω

Matthew 8:21 ἐπίτρεψόν do allow

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Here: A polite request for permission (the form asks for a single, specific grant). By asking, he admits that Jesus now has the right to decide where he goes.

Matthew 19:8 ἐπέτρεψεν allowed

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Here: A pointed correction of the Pharisees' word in v.7, "commanded" (ἐνετείλατο). Moses allowed divorce and put limits on it. He did not order it. The aorist tense views the permission as a single act in the past.

Mark 5:13 ἐπέτρεψεν He allowed

He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.

Mark 10:4 ἐπέτρεψεν Permitted

They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

Luke 8:32 ἐπιτρέψῃ ἐπέτρεψεν He would allow, He allowed

There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

Luke 9:59 ἐπίτρεψόν do allow

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Here: A polite request in the form of a command: 'allow me.' He is not refusing. He is asking for leave, as an inferior does from a superior.

Luke 9:61 ἐπίτρεψόν do allow

Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

John 19:38 ἐπέτρεψεν gave permission

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Here: An official grant of permission. The body of an executed man was under Rome's control, and only the governor could release it.

Acts 21:39 ἐπίτρεψόν do allow

But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

Here: An imperative, but softened by the 'I ask' before it: 'please allow'. It asks for a specific, one-time permission. The tribune grants it in v.40 with the same verb.

Acts 21:40 ἐπιτρέψαντος When was permitting

Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

Here: "When he had given permission." It answers Paul's request in 21:39 ("permit me to speak", the same verb). The Roman commander allows it; this is not Paul seizing the moment on his own. The form describes a finished act before the main action, so a supplied gloss like "when was permitting" is better read as "when he had permitted".

Acts 26:1 ἐπιτρέπεταί It is permitted

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

Acts 27:3 ἐπέτρεψεν he allowed [him]

The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

Acts 28:16 ἐπετράπη was allowed

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Here: 'It was permitted.' The passive leaves the Roman authority who decided unnamed, and it marks Paul's arrangement as an official concession. He did not simply take it.

1 Corinthians 14:34 ἐπιτρέπεται it is allowed

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

Here: 'It is permitted', in the present passive. The verse does not say who withholds the permission. It could be church practice ('as in all the churches'), the apostle, or accepted custom.

1 Corinthians 16:7 ἐπιτρέψῃ. shall permit.

For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

1 Timothy 2:12 ἐπιτρέπω I do permit

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Here: First person, present tense: 'I do not permit' or 'I am not permitting'. Paul speaks in his own voice as the apostle. The present tense by itself does not show whether the rule is temporary or permanent.

Hebrews 6:3 ἐπιτρέπῃ shall permit

And this we will do, if God permits.