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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76673" /> ==
<div> '''1: '''''Δοκιμάζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1381 — Verb — dokimazo — dok-im-ad'-zo ) </div> <p> "to prove with a view to approving," is twice translated by the verb "to allow" in the AV; the RV corrects to "approveth" in &nbsp;Romans 14:22 , and "have been approved," &nbsp;1—Thessalonians 2:4 , of being qualified to be entrusted with the Gospel; in &nbsp;Romans 1:28 , with the negative, the RV has "refused," for AV, "did not like." See Approve. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Γινώσκω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1097 — Verb — ginosko — ghin-oce'-ko ) </div> <p> "to know," is rendered "allow" in &nbsp;Romans 7:15 (AV); the RV has "that which I do I know not;" i.e., "I do not recognize, as a thing for which I am responible." See [[Aware]] , Can , [[Feel]] , [[Know]] , [[Perceive]] , [[Resolve]] , [[Speak]] , [[Sure]] , Understand. </p> <div> '''3: '''''Συνευδοκέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4909 — Verb — suneudokeo — soon-yoo-dok-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to consent or fully approve" (sun, "with," eu, "well," dokeo, "to think"), is translated "allow" in &nbsp;Luke 11:48; "was consenting" in &nbsp;Acts 8:1; &nbsp;22:20 . See Consent. </p> <div> '''4: '''''Προσδέχομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #4327 — Verb — prosdechomai — pros-dekh'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> mistranslated "allow" in &nbsp;Acts 24:15 , AV, means "to wait for," in contrast to rejection, there said of entertaining a hope; hence the RV, "look for." See [[Accept]] , A, No. 3. </p>
        
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_85024" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. </p>
        
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58037" /> ==
<p> [[Allow', L]]  loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay. </p> 1. To grant, give or yield as, to allow a servant his liberty to allow a pension. 2. To admit as, to allow the truth of a proposition to allow a claim. 3. To admit to own or acknowledge as, to allow the right of the [[President]] to displace officers. 4. To approve, justify or sanction. <p> Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. &nbsp;Luke 11 . &nbsp;Romans 8 . </p> 5. To afford, or grant as a compensation as, to allow a dollar a day for wages. 6. To abate or deduct as, to allow a sum for tare or leakage. 7. To permit to grant license to as, to allow a son to be absent.
        
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49166" /> ==
<p> <strong> [[Allow]] </strong> . To ‘allow’ generally means in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘to approve,’ as &nbsp; Romans 7:15 ‘that which I do I allow not.’ But in &nbsp; Acts 24:16 it has the mod. sense, <em> admit </em> . </p>
        
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<ref name="term_76673"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/allow Allow from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_85024"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/allow Allow from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_58037"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/allow Allow from King James Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_49166"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/allow Allow from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
        
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