παραιτέομαι paraiteomai · G3868

to refuse/excuse

παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι ; [in LXX for בָּקַשׁ pi., etc. ; ] ; 1. to beg of or from another: Mrk.15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43). ; 2. to deprecate; (a) prop., with neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.): Heb.12:19; (b) to refuse, decline, avoid: o. accusative, 1Ti.4:7 5:11, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:10, Heb.12:25 (EV; but see Field, Notes, 234). ; 3. to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) : Luk.14:18-19 (Heb.12:25, Field, l.with).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

παραιτ-έομαι, ; beg of or from another, ask as a favour of him, τινά τι []; τι []: with infinitive added, ἓν δ᾽ αὐτοὺς παραιτησώμεθα, ἐπίδηλον ἡμῖν.. ποιεῖν, ἢν τοῖς ἔπεσι χαίρωσι []: with infinitive for accusative, θεοὺς παραιτοῦ τῶν σ᾽ ἔρως ἔχει τυχεῖν []; Προμηθέα -εῖται Ἐπιμηθεὺς αὐτὸς νεῖμαι asks P. for permission to.., []; 2 παραιτησάμενος βασιλέα having obtained the king's leave, []: generally, intercede with, appeal to a person, []; π. σφέας, ὡς ἄξουσι.. entreating them and saying …

Where it's used 12 times

Mark 15:6 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 14:19 · Acts 25:11 · 1 Timothy 4:7 · 1 Timothy 5:11 · 2 Timothy 2:23 · Titus 3:10 · Hebrews 12:19 · Hebrews 12:25 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G3868; TFLSJ G3868

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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