Topic
Allow; Allowance
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Kings 25:30ISBE
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
- Jeremiah 52:34ISBE
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
- Luke 11:48ISBE
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- Acts 24:15ISBE
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Romans 7:15ISBE
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
- Romans 14:22ISBE
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
a-lou', a-lou'-ans: The verb "to allow" is used in the King James Version to translate four different Greek words:
(1) suneudokeo, "to approve together" (with others) (the Revised Version (British and American) "consent unto"), Lu 11:48.
(2) prosdechomai, "to receive to oneself," "admit" (the Revised Version (British and American) "look for," margin "accept"); Ac 24:15.
(3) ginosko, "to know," "recognize": "That which I do, I allow not" (the Revised Version (British and American) "I know not"), i.e. "I do not understand what I am doing, my conduct is inexplicable to me" (Grimm-Thayer); Ro 7:15.
(4) dokimazo, "to prove," "approve." "Happy is he that condemneth not himself in the thing which he alloweth" (the Revised Version (British and American) "approveth," i.e. in practice), i.e. who is not troubled with scruples; Ro 14:22. Thus the Revised Version (British and American) has removed the verb "allow" in each case in which it occurs in the King James Version, it being somewhat ambiguous in meaning (its original sense, as derived from Latin allocare, "to place," "assign," "grant," being influenced by another word, Latin allaudare, "to praise"). The noun "allowance" occurs in the sense of quantity of food allowed, in 2Ki 25:30 (King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American)) and the parallel passage Jer 52:34 (RV; "diet" in the King James Version).
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.