KJV dictionary & concordance

allowed

Meaning of “allowed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of allow, meaning to approve, consent to, or acknowledge as true or right.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

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KJV PCE

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 2:4 · retained source text

But as we were allowed of God to bee put in trust with the Gospel, euen so wee speake, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Approved as fit and entrusted with a charge.

volume 1, leaf 152, column 3 (main_dictionary)