1871. epaiteó

Lexicon

epaiteó: To beg, to ask for alms

Original Word: ἐπαιτέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epaiteó
Pronunciation: ep-ahee-TEH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ahee-teh'-o)
KJV: beg
NASB: beg, begging
Word Origin: [from G1909 (ἐπί - over) and G154 (αἰτέω - ask)]

1. to ask for

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beg.

From epi and aiteo; to ask for -- beg.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK aiteo

HELPS Word-studies

1871 epaitéō (from epi, "upon" intensifying aiteō, "ask") – properly, focused asking, i.e. beg.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from epi and aiteó
Definition
to beg
NASB Translation
beg (1), begging (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1871: ἐπαιτέω

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).

Forms and Transliterations

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

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 16:3 V-PNA
GRK: οὐκ ἰσχύω ἐπαιτεῖν αἰσχύνομαι
NAS: to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
KJV: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
INT: not I am able to beg I am ashamed

Luke 18:35 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: τὴν ὁδὸν ἐπαιτῶν
NAS: was sitting by the road begging.
INT: the road begging

Strong's Greek 1871
2 Occurrences

ἐπαιτεῖν — 1 Occ.
ἐπαιτῶν — 1 Occ.