UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Other spellings: ἔξεστι; ἔξεστι | ἔξεστιν; ἔξεστιν

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: εἰμί

Sense 1: to be possible

Semantic entry: 71.1

Semantic domains: Mode

Subdomains: Possible, Impossible

Definition: to mark an event as being possible in a highly generic sense

Notes: In OET ACT 2:29 the possibility of speaking confidently about David evidently is based upon well-known facts.

Show passage in OET: MAT 20:15

OET-RV MAT 20:15

15 Or aren’t I permitted to do what I want with my own money? Or do you look at me maliciously just because I’m generous?’

OET-LV MAT 20:15

15 Or not is _it _permitting for _me, what I _am _willing to _do with the mine?
Or is the eye of _you evil, because I am good?

Show passage in OET: ACT 2:29

OET-RV ACT 2:29

29 “Fellow Israelis, we can tell you all with confidence that our patriarch David both died and was buried, and his tomb is still here with us today.

OET-LV ACT 2:29

29 Men, brothers, it _is _permitting to _speak with confidence to you _all concerning the patriarch Dawid that he_ both _died and was _buried, and the tomb of _him is among us until the this day.

Jump to OET MAT 20:15 section.

Jump to OET ACT 2:29 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 20:15

ACT: OET ACT 2:29 · OET ACT 21:37

CO1: OET CO1 6:12 · OET CO1 10:23

Sense 2: must, ought to, to be lawful, to be permitted, (with neg.) ought not to

Semantic entry: 71.32

Semantic domains: Mode

Subdomains: Should, Ought

Definition: to be obligatory; to be within the law

Show passage in OET: MAT 12:2

OET-RV MAT 12:2

2 But some people from the Farisaios’ party saw them and said, “Look, your apprentices are harvesting on a rest day, when it’s not permitted.”

OET-LV MAT 12:2

2 And the Farisaios_party having _seen, said to _him:
Behold, the apprentices/followers of _you are _doing what it _is_ not _permitting to _be _doing on the_day _of _rest.

Show passage in OET: MAT 12:4

OET-RV MAT 12:4

4 He went into God’s tent and they ate the Bread of the Presence, which none of them were allowed to eat—only the priests.

OET-LV MAT 12:4

4 How he _came _in into the house of_ the _god, and they _ate the bread of _the presence, which it _was not permitting for _him to _eat, nor for _the ones with him, except only not/lest for _the priests?

Jump to OET MAT 12:2 section.

Jump to OET MAT 12:4 section.

All 24 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 12:2 · OET MAT 12:4 · OET MAT 12:10 · OET MAT 12:12 · OET MAT 14:4 · OET MAT 19:3 · OET MAT 22:17 · OET MAT 27:6

MRK: OET MRK 2:24 · OET MRK 2:26 · OET MRK 3:4 · OET MRK 6:18 · OET MRK 10:2 · OET MRK 12:14

LUK: OET LUK 6:2 · OET LUK 6:4 · OET LUK 6:9 · OET LUK 14:3 · OET LUK 20:22

JHN: OET JHN 5:10 · OET JHN 18:31

ACT: OET ACT 16:21 · OET ACT 22:25

CO2: OET CO2 12:4

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔξεστι(ν)

Form 1

Sense 1: to be possible

Sense 2: must, ought to, to be lawful, to be permitted, (with neg.) ought not to