ἐάω
eaō
to allow
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided lexicon data, the Greek word ἐάω (eaō) means "to allow." This verb seems to imply permission or consent. With 11 occurrences in the Bible, it is likely a significant and intentional choice by biblical writers. The range of usage for ἐάω suggests that it can apply to both human and divine actors, as if giving permission, allowing something to happen, or granting access. This nuance implies flexibility and multiple possible contexts of application within the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
11 total occurrences across the text
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Luke 22:51But Jesus answered, “Let me at least do this”—and he touched his ear, and healed him.
Acts 14:16who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
Acts 16:7When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
Acts 19:30When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
Acts 23:32But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
Acts 27:32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
Acts 27:40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
Acts 28:4When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.