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Strong's #1871 - ἐπαιτέω

Transliteration

epaitéō

Phonetics

ep-ahee-teh'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1909) and (G154)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to ask besides, ask for more
to ask again and again, importunately
to beg, to ask alms

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7592 ‑ שָׁאֵל (shaw‑al', shaw‑ale');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Luke 1

NAS (2)

Luke 2

HCS (2)

Luke 2

BSB (2)

Luke 2

ESV (2)

Luke 2

WEB (1)

Luke 1

KJV (1)

beg 1

NAS (2)

beg 1

begging 1

HCS (2)

to beg 1

begging 1

BSB (2)

begging 1

to beg 1

ESV (2)

beg 1

begging 1

WEB (1)

to beg 1

RAH

V-AAD3P 1

ANT

V-PAN 1

BEZ

V-PAN 1

BGB

V-PNA 1

V-PPA-NMS 1

BMT

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-PAN 1

ELZ

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-PAN 1

V-PAPNSM 1

SCV

V-PAN 1

STV

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπαιτ-έω,

1. ask besides, εἰ καί νύ κεν.. ἄλλο μεῖζον ἐπαιτήσειας Il. 23.593; ὧν ἐπαιτεῖς S. OT 1416: abs., ask for more, φαγὼν ἔτ' ἐπῄτεον Posidipp. ap. Ath. 10.412e: — so in Med., S. El. 1124.

2. beg as a mendicant, ἄλλους ἐ. τὸν καθ' ἡμέραν βίον Id. OC 1364, cf. E. Rh. 715: abs., Vett.Val. 68.30, Luc. Asin. 35.

3. simply, demand, PTeb. 26.13 (ii B.C., Pass.), etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπαιτέω, ἐπαίτω;

1. to ask besides, ask for more: Homer, Iliad 23, 593.

2. to ask again and again, importunately: Sophocles Oed. Tyr. 1416; to beg, to ask alms: Luke 16:3; (Luke 18:35 L T Tr WH); (Psalm 108:10 (); Sir. 40:28; Sophocles Oed. Col. 1364).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπ -αιτέω , -ῶ , [in LXX: Psalms 109:10 (H7592) Sirach 40:28 *;]

1. to ask besides.

2. to beg (as a mendicant; cf. MM, Exp., xiv): Luke 16:3; Luke 18:35 (Cremer, 74).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In P Lond 24.4 (B.C. 163) (= I. p. 32) a recluse at the Serapeum describes himself as living—ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐπαιτῶ ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι, ";from what I beg in the temple"; : cf. Luke 16:8 ἐπαιτεῖν αἰσχύνομαι. That temples generally were a promising haunt for the profession Luke reminds us elsewhere. Ἐπήτρια, the Greek for a ";beggaress";—to parallel it with an equal novelty—appears as a ἅπ. εἰρ. in P Par 59.10 (B.C. 160) (= Witkowski, 2 p. 76, where see note) : cf. ἀγύρτρια (Aesch. Ag. 1273), δέκτρια (Archil. 8). The pass. of the verb is found in P Tebt I. 26.18 (B.C. 114) πρὸς πῆι (l. τῆι) ἐπιδόσει τῶν ἐπαιτουμένων λόψων, ";for the delivery of the accounts which were required"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

επαιτειν επαιτείν ἐπαιτεῖν επαιτησάτωσαν επαιτων ἐπαιτῶν epaitein epaiteîn epaiton epaitôn epaitōn epaitō̂n