Quick Definition
ἐπιτροπή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. commission, full power
Strong's Definition
permission, i.e. (by implication) full power
Derivation: from G2010 (ἐπιτρέπω);
KJV Usage: commission
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐπιτρέπω), permission, power, commission: Acts xxvi.12. (From Thue. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιτροπή epitropē 1x
a trust; a commission, permission, Acts 26:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἐπι-τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: II Mac 13:14 * ;]
power to decide, authority: Ac 26:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιτροπή. For é, as in Ac 2612, cf. P Par 454 (B.c. 153) (= Witkowski?, p. 84) GX’ ὅμως τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δίδομει, Part III. > s επιφαίνω P Oxy IV. 743 (B.C. 2) περὶ πάντων αὐτῷ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δέδωκα. It is = ‘‘the office of guardian” in P Oxy VI. 898%* (A.D. 123) αἰτοῦσά ple] ἀντὶ ταύτης ἀποχὴν τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς, “‘ demanding from me in return a receipt for her guardianship,’” P Ryl II. 1537° (a.p. 138-61) ods [olSa ἐπιτηδείου]ς kal 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. 168 (Α.Ὁ. 159-60) (= Selections, p. 84) τῆς τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐπιτροπῆς. In MGr ἐπιτροπή = ‘‘ committee.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιτροπή (epitropē) — commission. ἐπιτροπ-ή, ἡ, reference, especially to an arbiter in decision of a law-suit, ἠξίουν δίκης ἐπιτροπὴν σφίσι γενέσθαι ἢ ἐς πόλιν τινὰ ἢ ἰδιώτην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐ. τούτῳ πρὸς Παρμένοντα γέγονε [Refs 4th c.BC+] having declined it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. generally, power to decide, ἐ. διδόναι τινὶ περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδόναι τῇ συγκλήτῳ τὴν ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; διδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἐ., or τὴν ἐ. διδόναι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, Latin dedere se in fidem, to surrender absolutely, [Refs]; ἐ. λαβεῖν εἰς τὸ διαλῦσαι to receive full powers to treat, [NT+1st c.BC+]
II. guardianship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιτροπῆς κατάστασις, διαδικασία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιτροπῆς δικάζεσθαι, of an action brought by a ward against a guardian, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. office of a Roman procurator, ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, stewardship, [Refs 4th c.AD+]