17 occurrences

'Allowed' in the Bible

But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownPredestination, Of PersonsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerWhy God Did ThingsPurposeLife Purpose

You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.

Verse ConceptsGrainWineTithes And Offering

You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the Lord your God is giving you;

Verse ConceptsTown

For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByAvoid SorceryGod ForbiddingSorcery

Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.

Verse ConceptsInstruction About ClothesNo Loss

then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Perverse SexualitySecond MarriageDefilementHusband And WifeWifeA Good Husbandspousemarraige

So the Lord allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

Verse ConceptsNot Driving Them OutSurvivors Of The Nations

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldRainProtection Day And NightWild Beasts SubduedBirds EatingBirdsTragedy

We also inform you that it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim or servants of this house of God.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersTributesHuman Authority, Nature OfSingersTemple Assistants

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sinBy asking for his life in a curse.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchParables Of ChristWithheld KnowledgeKnowingThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thiefthieves

And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleExclusionChrist Going With People

“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Verse ConceptsWhen?The Lord As A Thiefthieves

They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!”

Verse ConceptsCrowdsVoicesPersecution Of The Apostle Paulserenity

The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

Verse ConceptsKindnessCourtesyShipsThe Next DayChristians Are Called Friends

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”

Verse ConceptsBarbariansUncharitablenessHow Death Is InevitableEscaping EvilJudged As Murderers

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

Bible Theasaurus

Admit (16 instances)
Allowed (123 instances)
Appropriate (93 instances)
Privileged (3 instances)
Provide (159 instances)
Reserve (27 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δοκιμάζω 
Dokimazo 
Usage: 20

προσδέχομαι 
Prosdechomai 
Usage: 13

συνευδοκέω 
suneudokeo 
Usage: 5

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