- Transliteration: Exesti

- Phonetic: ex'-es-tee

- Definition:

1. it is lawful

- Origin: third person singular present indicative of a compound of G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1510" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1510

- TDNT entry: 11:20,2

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Third person singular present indicative of a compound of G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1510" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1510; so also ἐξόν exon; neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1510 expressed); impersonally it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public): - be lawful let X may (-est).