11 occurrences

'Allow' in the Bible

The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain;

After a while, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a kid; and he said, "I will go in to my wife in the chamber." But her father would not allow him to go in.

Verse ConceptsHarvestVisitingWheatSexual Union Intended

And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the districts of Israel; and if there be no man to deliver us, we will come out to thee.

Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysLeave Us AloneSurrender

Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeProstitutionSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfDecadenceNot Returning To God

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow me, I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?

Verse ConceptsUncharitablenessPlucking OutEyes Cared ForA Little Bit

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

Verse ConceptsBeamsBeing FirstHumourAccepting OthersPlucking OutThe Faculty Of SightEyesHypocritesHypocrisy

And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFirst ActionsInstructions About Following

having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfRoman CitizensAddressing SomeoneCitizens

Bible Theasaurus

Acknowledge (102 instances)
Admit (16 instances)
Appropriate (93 instances)
Permit (64 instances)
Provide (159 instances)
Reserve (27 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארחה 
'aruchah 
Usage: 6

δοκιμάζω 
Dokimazo 
Usage: 20

προσδέχομαι 
Prosdechomai 
Usage: 13

συνευδοκέω 
suneudokeo 
Usage: 5