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Strong's G1439 ἐάω (eao)

Eao means “leave” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1439 — gidon (“Gideon”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1439
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 21

Strong's G1439 Quick Answer

Strong's G1439 ἐάω (eao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eao (eh-ah'-o) v. 1. to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone [of uncertain affinity] It has 41 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include suffered, suffer, let, suffereth, and commit. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
eao (eh-ah'-o) v. 1. to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone [of uncertain affinity]
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
suffered, suffer, let, suffereth, and commit

Meaning and Definition

eao (eh-ah'-o) v. 1. to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone [of uncertain affinity] KJV: commit, leave, let (alone), suffer. See also: G1436

Original Word
ἐάω
Transliteration
eao
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1439. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to allow

Usage: ἐάω, -ῶ, [in LXX for רפה hi., etc. ;] __1. to let, permit: with accusative, with inf., with accusative and inf. (M, Pr., 205): Mat.24:43, Luk.4:41 22:51, Act.14.16; 16.7, 19:30 23.32 27:32 28:4 , 1Co.10:13. __2. to let alone, leave: ἀγκύρας, Act.27:40 (cf. προσ-εάω). † (AS)

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How Strong's G1439 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

suffered Matthew 24:43 Suffer Luke 22:51 let Acts 5:38 commit Revelation 2:20 suffereth Acts 28:4

How Strong's G1439 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1439 (ἐάω) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1439 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1439 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:43 KJV

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Luke 4:41 KJV

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Luke 22:51 KJV

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Strong's G1439 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 38:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me?

Exodus 32:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.

Deuteronomy 9:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.

Strong's G1439 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 6:26 Septuagint / Brenton

and that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.

Judith 12:6 Septuagint / Brenton

and sent to Holofernes, saying, Let my lord now command that thy handmaid may go forth unto prayer.

1 Maccabees 12:40 Septuagint / Brenton

Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Beth-shan.

Strong's G1439 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 9:11 Septuagint / Brenton

wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1439.

Genesis 38:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me?
Exodus 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.
Deuteronomy 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.
Joshua 19:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these are their cities and their villages:
Judges 11:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
2 Kingdoms 15:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but if thou shall return to the city, and shalt say to Absalom, Thy brethren are passed over, and the king thy father is passed over after me: and now I am thy servant, O king, suffer me to live: at one time even of late I was the servant of thy father, and now I am thy humble servant—so shalt thou disconcert for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
Esther 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
Job 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How long dost thou not let me alone, Nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?
Job 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he suffers me not to take breath, But he has filled me with bitterness.
Job 9:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I quake in all my limbs, For I know that thou wilt not leave me alone as innocent.
Job 10:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not the time of my life short? Suffer me to rest a little,
Job 31:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(For I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them): And if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom
Jeremiah 41:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and gave them over to be menservants and maidservants.
Daniel 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and bind it with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.
Daniel 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;
Daniel 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom abides sure to thee from the time that thou shalt know the power of the heavens.
Matthew 24:43 New Testament, KJV
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Luke 4:41 New Testament, KJV
And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
Luke 22:51 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
Acts 5:38 New Testament, KJV
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
Acts 14:16 New Testament, KJV
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Acts 16:7 New Testament, KJV
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts 19:30 New Testament, KJV
And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
Acts 23:32 New Testament, KJV
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Acts 27:32 New Testament, KJV
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Acts 27:40 New Testament, KJV
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Acts 28:4 New Testament, KJV
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
1 Corinthians 10:13 New Testament, KJV
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Revelation 2:20 New Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
1 Esdras 6:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
Judith 12:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and sent to Holofernes, saying, Let my lord now command that thy handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
1 Maccabees 12:40 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Beth-shan.
1 Maccabees 15:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
2 Maccabees 6:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any longer time, but forthwith punished.
2 Maccabees 10:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money through certain of those that were in the castle, and took seventy thousand drachmas, and let some of them escape.
2 Maccabees 12:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But of the governors of several places, Timothy, and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet, and live in peace.
2 Maccabees 13:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations.
2 Maccabees 14:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Those of the Jews that be called Hasideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war, and are seditious, and will not let the realm be in peace.
2 Maccabees 15:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mordecai’s day.
3 Maccabees 5:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and inquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
1 Enoch 9:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1439, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 8 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1439 FAQ

What does eao (ἐάω) mean?

Eao (Strong's G1439) is a Greek word most simply glossed "leave". eao (eh-ah'-o) v. 1. to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone [of uncertain affinity]

How many times is eao (ἐάω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G1439 across 21 books.

Where can I study eao (ἐάω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1439 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate eao (ἐάω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as suffered, suffer, let, suffereth, and commit. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1439 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1439, with linked reader references where each row is available.