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Lexicon :: Strong's G2065 - erōtaō

Aa
ἐρωτάω
Transliteration
erōtaō (Key)
Pronunciation
er-o-tah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
63x in 21 unique form(s) TR
58x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
61x in 29 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:685,262

Trench's Synonyms: xl. αἰτέω, ἐρωτάω.

Strong’s Definitions

ἐρωτάω erōtáō, er-o-tah'-o; apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request:—ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare G4441.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's G2065 in the following manner: ask (23x), beseech (14x), pray (14x), desire (6x), intreat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's G2065 in the following manner: ask (23x), beseech (14x), pray (14x), desire (6x), intreat (1x).

  1. to question

  2. to ask

    1. to request, entreat, beg, beseech

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐρωτάω erōtáō, er-o-tah'-o; apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request:—ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare G4441.
STRONGS G2065:
ἐρωτάω, ἐρωτῶ ((infinitive ἐρωτᾶν L T Tr, ἐρωτᾶν R G WH; see Iota); imperfect 3 person plural ἠρώτων and (in Matthew 15:23 L T Tr WH, Mark 4:10 Tdf.) ἠρώτουν, cf. Buttmann, 44 (38); (Winers Grammar, 85 (82); Tdf. Proleg., p. 122; Sophocles Lexicon, p. 41; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Mullach, Griech. Vulgarspr., p. 252); future ἐρωτήσω; 1 aorist ἠρώτησα; the Sept. for שָׁאַל; to ask, i. e.:
1. as in Greek writings from Homer down to question: absolutely, Luke 22:68; John 8:7 (R); τινα, John 9:21; John 16:19, 30; (John 18:21 where Rec. ἐπερωτᾷς), etc.; with the addition of λέγων and the words of the questioner: Matthew 16:13; Luke 19:31 (om. λέγων; Luke 23:3 T Tr WH); John 1:19, 21; John 5:12; John 9:19; John 16:5; τινα τί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a.), Matthew 21:24; Mark 4:10; Luke 20:3; John 16:23 (others refer this to 2); τινα περί τίνος, Luke 9:45 (Lachmann, ἐπερωτῆσαι); John 18:19.
2. to ask i. e. to request, entreat, beg, beseech, after the Hebrew שָׁאַל, in a sense very rare in secular authors (Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 14 (but here the text is uncertain; substitute Antiquities 7, 8, 1; cf. Dr. Ezra Abbot in No. American Rev. for 1872, p. 173 note); Babrius fab. (42, 3); 97, 3; Apoll. synt., p. 289, 20; cf. Winer's Grammar, pp. 30 and 32): τινα, John 14:16; with the addition of λέγων and the words of the asker, Matthew 15:23; John 12:21; followed by imperative alone (Buttmann, 272f (234)), Luke 14:18; Philippians 4:3; followed by ἵνα (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 8 a.; R. 237 (204)), Mark 7:26; Luke 7:36; Luke 16:27; John 4:47; John 17:15; John 19:31, 38; 2 John 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; by ὅπως, Luke 7:3; Luke 11:37; Acts 23:20; by the infinitive (Buttmann, 258 (222); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (315)), Luke 5:3; Luke 8:37; John 4:40; Acts 3:3; Acts 10:48; Acts 23:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:12; τινα περί τίνος, Luke 4:38; John 16:9, 20; 1 John 5:16; ὑπέρ τίνος (followed by εἰς with an infinitive; cf. Buttmann, 265 (228)), 2 Thessalonians 2:1f; ἐρωτᾶν τά (WH text omits τά) πρός εἰρήνην (see εἰρήνη, 1), Luke 14:32. (Synonym: see αἰτέω, at the end. Compare: διερωτάω, ἐπερωτάω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2065 matches the Greek ἐρωτάω (erōtaō),
which occurs 63 times in 61 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:23 - But He did not answer G611 her with even a word G3056. And His disciples G3101 came G4334 up G4334 and urged G2065 Him, saying G3004, “Send G630 her away G630, because G3754 she keeps shouting G2896 [fn]at us!”

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Now G1161 when Jesus G2424 came G2064 into the region G3313 of Caesarea G2542 Philippi G5376, He was asking G2065 His disciples G3101, “Who G5101 do people G444 say G3004 that the Son G5207 of Man G444 is?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - And He said G3004 to him, “Why G5101 are you asking G2065 Me about G4012 what G18 is G18 good G18? There is only One G1520 who is good G18; but if G1487 you want G2309 to enter G1525 life G2222, keep G5083 the commandments G1785.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:24 - But Jesus G2424 responded G611 and said G3004 to them, “I will also G2532 ask G2065 you one G1520 [fn]question G3056, which G3739, if G1437 you tell G3004 Me, I will also G2532 tell G3004 you by what G4169 authority G1849 I do G4160 these G3778 things G3778.

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As soon G3753 as He was alone G3441, [fn]His followers G3588 G4012, along G4862 with the twelve G1427 disciples, began asking G2065 Him about the parables G3850.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now G1161 the woman G1135 was a [fn]Gentile G1674, of Syrophoenician G4949 descent G1085. And she repeatedly asked G2065 Him to cast G1544 the demon G1140 out G1544 of her daughter G2364.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:5 - And He was asking G2065 them, “How G4214 many G4214 loaves G740 do you have G2192?” And they said G3004, “Seven G2033.”

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Then G2532 He got G450 up G450 and left the synagogue G4864, and entered G1525 Simon’s G4613 home G3614. Now G1161 Simon’s G4613 mother-in-law G3994 was suffering G4912 from a high G3173 fever G4446, and they asked G2065 Him [fn]to help G4012 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - And He got G1684 into one G1520 of the boats G4143, which G3739 was Simon’s G4613, and asked G2065 him to put G1877 out G1877 a little G3641 distance from the land G1093. And He sat G2523 down G2523 and continued teaching G1321 the crowds G3793 from the boat G4143.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:3 - When he heard G191 about G4012 Jesus G2424, he sent G649 some [fn]Jewish G2453 elders G4245 to Him, asking G2065 Him to come G2064 and save G1295 the G1295 life G1295 of his slave G1401.

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Now G1161 one G5100 of the Pharisees G5330 was requesting G2065 Him to eat G2068 with him, and He entered G1525 the Pharisee’s G5330 house G3624 and reclined G2625 at the table.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:37 - And all G537 the [fn]people G4128 of the territory G4066 of the Gerasenes G1086 and G4066 the G4066 surrounding G4066 region G4066 asked G2065 Him to leave G565 them, because G3754 they were overwhelmed G4912 by great G3173 fear G5401; and He got G1684 into a boat G4143 and returned G5290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:45 - But they [fn]did not understand G50 this G3778 statement G4487, and it was concealed G3871 from them so G2443 that G2443 they would not comprehend G143 it; and they were G5399 afraid G5399 to ask G2065 Him about G4012 this G3778 statement G4487.

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Now G1161 when G1722 He had spoken G2980, a Pharisee G5330 *asked G2065 Him to have G709 lunch G709 with him; and He went G1525 in G1525 and reclined G377 at the table.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 - “And yet they all G3956 alike G575 G1520 began G757 to make G3868 excuses G3868. The first G4413 one G4413 said G3004 to him, ‘I purchased G59 a field G68 and I need G318 to go G1831 out G1831 to look G3708 at it; [fn]please G2065 consider G2192 me excused G3868.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:19 - “And another G2087 one G2087 said G3004, ‘I bought G59 five G4002 yoke G2201 of oxen G1016, and I am going G4198 to try G1381 them out G1381; [fn]please G2065 consider G2192 me excused G3868.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:32 - “Otherwise G1490, while the other G846 is still G2089 far G4206 away G4206, he sends G649 a delegation G4242 and requests G2065 terms G4314 of peace G1515.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:27 - “And he said G3004, ‘Then G3767 I request G2065 of you, father G3962, that you send G3992 him to my father’s G3962 house G3624—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - “And if G1437 anyone G5100 asks G2065 you, ‘Why G1223 G5101 are you untying G3089 it?’ you shall say G3004 this G3779: ‘[fn]The Lord G2962 has G2192 need G5532 of it.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:3 - But He replied G611 G3004 to them, “I will also G2532 ask G2065 you a [fn]question G3056, and you tell G3004 Me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:68 - and if G1437 I ask G2065 a G2065 question G2065, you will not answer G611.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:3 - Now G1161 Pilate G4091 asked G2065 Him, saying G3004, “So You are the King G935 of the Jews G2453?” And He answered G611 him and said G5346, “It is as you say G3004.”

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This G3778 is the testimony G3141 of John G2491, when G3753 the Jews G2453 sent G649 priests G2409 and Levites G3019 to him from Jerusalem G2414 to ask G2065 him, “Who G5101 are you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:21 - And so they asked G2065 him, “What G5101 then G3767? Are you Elijah G2243?” And he *said G3004, “I am G1510 not.” “Are you the Prophet G4396?” And he answered G611, “No G3756.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:25 - They asked G2065 him, and said G3004 to him, “Why G5101 then G3767 are you baptizing G907, if G1487 you are not the [fn]Christ G5547, nor G3761 Elijah G2243, nor G3761 the Prophet G4396?”

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Meanwhile G1722 G3342 the disciples G3101 were urging G2065 Him, saying G3004, “Rabbi G4461, eat G2068 something.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:40 - So G3767 when G5613 the Samaritans G4541 came G2064 to [fn]Jesus, they were asking G2065 Him to stay G3306 with them; and He stayed G3306 there G1563 two G1417 days G2250.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:47 - When he heard G191 that Jesus G2424 had G2240 come G2240 from Judea G2449 into Galilee G1056, he went G565 to Him and began asking G2065 Him to come G2597 down G2597 and heal G2390 his son G5207; for he was G3195 at G3195 the G3195 point G3195 of G3195 death G599.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:12 - They asked G2065 him, “Who G5101 is the Man G444 who said G3004 to you, ‘Pick G142 it up G142 and walk G4043’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - When G5613 they persisted G1961 in asking G2065 Him, He straightened G352 up G352 and said G3004 to them, “He who is without G361 sin G361 among you, let him be the first G4413 to throw G906 a stone G3037 at her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - And His disciples G3101 asked G2065 Him, “Rabbi G4461, who G5101 sinned G264, this G3778 man G3778 or G2228 his parents G1118, that he would be born G1080 blind G5185?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - Then G3767 the Pharisees G5330 also G2532 were asking G2065 him again G3825 how G4459 he received G308 his sight G308. And he said G3004 to them, “He applied G2007 mud G4081 to my eyes G3788, and I washed G3538, and I see G991.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:19 - and they questioned G2065 them, saying G3004, “Is this G3778 your son G5207, who G3739 you say G3004 was born G1080 blind G5185? Then G3767 how G4459 does he now G737 see G991?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21 - but how G4459 he now G3568 sees G991, we do not know G6063; or G2228 who G5101 opened G455 his eyes G3788, we do not know G6063. Ask G2065 him; he is of age G2244, he will speak G2980 for himself G1438.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:21 - these G3778 people then G3767 came G4334 to Philip G5376, who G3588 was from Bethsaida G966 of Galilee G1056, and were making G2065 a G2065 request G2065 of him, saying G3004, “Sir G2962, we wish G2309 to see G3708 Jesus G2424.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:16 - “I will ask G2065 the Father G3962, and He will give G1325 you another G243 [fn]Helper G3875, so G2443 that G2443 He may be with you forever G165;

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“But now G3568 I am going G5217 to Him who sent G3992 Me; and none G3762 of you asks G2065 Me, ‘Where G4226 are You going G5217?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Jesus G2424 knew G1097 that they wanted G2309 to question G2065 Him, and He said G3004 to them, “Are you deliberating G2212 together G3326 G240 about G4012 this G3778, that I said G3004, ‘A little G3398 while G3398, and you are not going to see G3708 Me, and again G3825 a little G3398 while G3398, and you will see G3708 Me’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - “And on that day G2250 you will not question G2065 Me about anything G5100. Truly G281, truly G281 I say G3004 to you, if G302 you ask G154 the Father G3962 for anything G5100 in My name G3686, He will give G1325 it to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - “On that day G2250 you will ask G154 in My name G3686, and I am not saying G3004 to you that I will request G2065 of the Father G3962 on G4012 your behalf G4012;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:30 - “Now G3568 we know G6063 that You know G6063 all G3956 things G3956, and that You have G2192 no G3756 need G5532 for anyone G5100 to question G2065 You; this G3778 is why G1722 we believe G4100 that You came G1831 forth G1831 from God G2316.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:9 - “I ask G2065 on G4012 their behalf G4012; I do not ask G2065 on G4012 behalf G4012 of the world G2889, but on the G4012 behalf G4012 of those whom G3739 You have given G1325 Me, because G3754 they are Yours G4771;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:15 - “I am not asking G2065 You to take G142 them out of the world G2889, but to keep G5083 them away G1537 from [fn]the evil G4190 one.

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“I am not asking G2065 on behalf G4012 of these G3778 alone G3441, but also G2532 for those G3588 who believe G4100 in Me through G1223 their word G3056,

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The high G749 priest G749 then G3767 questioned G2065 Jesus G2424 about G4012 His disciples G3101, and about G4012 His teaching G1322.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:21 - “Why G5101 are you asking G2065 Me? Ask G2065 those G3588 who have heard G191 what G5101 I spoke G2980 to them. Look G2396: these G3778 people G3778 know G6063 what G3739 I said G3004.”

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Now G3767 then G3767, since G1893 it was the day G3904 of G3904 preparation G3904, to prevent G3363 the bodies G4983 from remaining G3306 on the cross G4716 on the Sabbath G4521 ([fn]for that Sabbath G4521 was a high G3173 day G2250), the Jews G2453 requested G2065 of Pilate G4091 that their legs G4628 be broken G2608, and the bodies be taken G142 away G142.

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Now G1161 after G3326 these G3778 things G3778 Joseph G2501 of Arimathea G707, being G1510 a disciple G3101 of Jesus G2424, but a secret G2928 one for fear G5401 of the [fn]Jews G2453, requested G2065 of Pilate G4091 that he might take G142 away G142 the body G4983 of Jesus G2424; and Pilate G4091 granted G2010 permission G2010. So G3767 he came G2064 and took G142 away G142 His body G4983.

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So G3767, when they had come G4905 together G4905, they began asking G2065 Him, saying G3004, “Lord G2962, is it at this G3778 time G5550 that You are restoring G600 the kingdom G932 to Israel G2474?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:3 - When he saw G3708 Peter G4074 and John G2491 about G3195 to G3195 go G1524 into G1524 the temple G2413 grounds, he began asking G2065 to receive G2983 a charitable G1654 gift G1654.

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