Quick Definition
commission, full power
Strong's Definition
permission, i.e. (by implication) full power
Derivation: from G2010 (ἐπιτρέπω);
KJV Usage: commission
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιτροπή, ἐπιτροπῆς, ἡ (ἐπιτρέπω), permission, power, commission: Act_26:12. (From Thucydides down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιτροπή epitropē 1x
a trust; a commission, permission, Act_26:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἐπι -τροπή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < ἐπιτρέπω ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_13:14 * ;]
power to decide, authority: Act_26:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιτροπή [page 249]
For ἐ ., as in Act_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.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπιτροπή ἐπιτροπή, ἡ, [Etym: ἐπιτρέπω] "a reference" to an arbiter, Thuc. , Dem. an action "against a guardian", id=Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.13:14 * ;]
power to decide, authority: Act.26:12.†
(AS)