ἐρωτάω erōtaō · G2065

to ask

ἐρωτάω, -ῶ ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַל ; ] ; 1. to ask, question (cl.): absol., Luk.19:31 22:68, Jhn.8:7 with accusative of person(s), Jhn.9:21 16:19, 30 8:21; before λέγων, Mat.16:13, Luk.23:3, Jhn.1:19, 21 5:12 9:19 16:5; with dupl. accusative (WM, § 32, 4a), Mat.21:24, Mrk.4:10, Luk.20:3, Jhn.16:23 (M, Pr., 66„); with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk.9:45, Jhn.18:19. ; 2. In late Gk. (Milligan, NTD, 51; not, as Cremer, 716, Thayer, see word, a "Hebraism"), = αἰτέω (which see), to ask, request: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.14:16; before imperat., Luk.14:18-19 Php.4:3; λέγων, Mat.15:23, Jhn.12:21; before ἵνα (M, Pr., 208), Mrk.7:26, Luk.7:36 16:27, Jhn.4:47 17:15 19:31, 38, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐρωτ-άω, ; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰρωτάω, contraction in [] and best codices of []: imperfect ἠρώτων []; Ionic dialect εἰρώτευν []participle -τεῦντας variant in []: future -ήσω[]: aorist I ἠρώτησα []: perfect ἠρώτηκα [] —used in _Attic dialect_ to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τι something of one, ἅ μ᾽ εἰρωτᾷς []:—passive, to be asked, τι []; 2 ἐ. τι ask about a thing, []; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, []; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., …

Where it's used 63 times

Matthew 15:23 · Matthew 16:13 · Matthew 19:17 · Matthew 21:24 · Mark 4:10 · Mark 7:26 · Mark 8:5 · Luke 4:38 · Luke 5:3 · Luke 7:3 · Luke 7:36 · Luke 8:37 · Luke 9:45 · Luke 11:37 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 14:19 · Luke 14:32 · Luke 16:27 · Luke 19:31 · Luke 20:3 · Luke 22:68 · Luke 23:3 · John 1:19 · John 1:21 · John 1:25 · John 4:31 · John 4:40 · John 4:47 · John 5:12 · John 8:7 · John 9:2 · John 9:15 · John 9:19 · John 9:21 · John 12:21 · John 14:16 · John 16:5 · John 16:19 · John 16:23 · John 16:26 · John 16:30 · John 17:9 · John 17:15 · John 17:20 · John 18:19 · John 18:21 · John 19:31 · John 19:38 · Acts 1:6 · Acts 3:3 · Acts 10:48 · Acts 16:39 · Acts 18:20 · Acts 23:18 · Acts 23:20 · Philippians 4:3 · 1 Thessalonians 4:1 · 1 Thessalonians 5:12 · 2 Thessalonians 2:1 · 1 John 5:16 … and 3 more

Source: TBESG G2065; TFLSJ G2065

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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