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Lexicon :: Strong's G1905 - eperōtaō

Aa
ἐπερωτάω
Transliteration
eperōtaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-er-o-tah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
56x in 15 unique form(s) TR
59x in 18 unique form(s) LXX
58x in 20 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:687,262

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπερωτάω eperōtáō, ep-er-o-tah'-o; from G1909 and G2065; to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek:—ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's G1905 in the following manner: ask (53x), demand (2x), desire (1x), ask question (1x), question (1x), ask after (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's G1905 in the following manner: ask (53x), demand (2x), desire (1x), ask question (1x), question (1x), ask after (1x).

  1. to accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate

  2. to address one with a request or demand

    1. to ask of or demand of one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπερωτάω eperōtáō, ep-er-o-tah'-o; from G1909 and G2065; to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek:—ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
STRONGS G1905:
ἐπερωτάω, ἐπερωτῶ; imperfect ἐπηρώτων; future ἐπερωτήσω; 1 aorist ἐπηρώτησα; 1 aorist passive participle ἐπερωτηθείς; the Sept. mostly for שָׁאַל, sometimes for דָּרַשׁ;
1. to accost one with an inquiry, put a question to, inquire of, ask, interrogate (ἐπί directive, uniformly in the N. T.; Meyer on Mark 11:29 (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): τινα, Mark 9:32; Mark 12:34; Matthew 22:46; Luke 2:46; 1 Corinthians 14:35; John 18:21 R G; τινα τί, ask one anything, Mark 7:17 L T Tr WH; Mark 11:29; Luke 20:40; τινα περί τίνος, one about a thing, Mark 7:17 R G; (Luke 9:45 Lachmann) (Herodotus 1, 32; Demosthenes 1072, 12); followed by λέγων with the words used by the questioner, Matthew 12:10; Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11; Mark 12:18; Luke 3:10, 14; Luke 20:27; Luke 23:3 (R G L), and often in the Synoptic Gospels; followed by εἰ, whether, Mark 8:23; Mark 15:44; Luke 23:6; or some other form of the indirect question, Acts 23:34; ἐπηρώτων λέγοντες (L T Tr WH omit λέγοντες), τίς εἴη, Luke 8:9; ἐπερωτᾶν Θεόν to consult God (Numbers 23:3; Joshua 9:20 (14); Judges 1:1; Judges 18:5; Isaiah 19:3, etc.; Thucydides 1, 118 (etc.)), hence, to seek to know God's purpose and to do his will, Romans 10:20 from Isaiah 65:1.
2. by a usage foreign to the Greeks, to address one with a request or demand; to ask of or demand of one: followed by the infinitive Matthew 16:1 (so ἐπερωτᾶν τινα τί, Hebrew שָׁאַל, in Psalm 136:3 (Ps. 137:3); (this sense is disputed by some; see Zezschwitz as referred to at end of next word; cf. Weiss on Matthew, the passage cited, and see ἐρωτάω, 2)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
23:3
Joshua
9:20
Judges
1:1; 18:5
Psalms
136:3; 137:3
Isaiah
19:3; 65:1
Matthew
12:10; 16:1; 17:10; 22:46
Mark
7:17; 7:17; 8:23; 9:11; 9:32; 11:29; 11:29; 12:18; 12:34; 15:44
Luke
2:46; 3:10; 3:14; 8:9; 9:45; 20:27; 20:40; 23:3; 23:6
John
18:21
Acts
23:34
Romans
10:20
1 Corinthians
14:35

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1905 matches the Greek ἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō),
which occurs 56 times in 56 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - And a man G444 was there whose hand G5495 was withered G3584. And they questioned G1905 [fn]Jesus, asking G3004, “Is it lawful G1832 to heal G2323 on the Sabbath G4521?”—so G2443 that G2443 they might bring G2723 charges G2723 against G2723 Him.

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The Pharisees G5330 and Sadducees G4523 came G4334 up G4334, and putting G3985 Jesus to G3985 the G3985 test G3985, they asked G1905 Him to show G1925 them a [fn]sign G4592 from heaven G3772.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - And His disciples G3101 asked G1905 Him, “Why G5101 then G3767 do the scribes G1122 say G3004 that Elijah G2243 must G1163 come G2064 first G4413?”

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On that day G2250 some Sadducees G4523 (who say G3004 there is no G3361 resurrection G386) came G4334 to [fn]Jesus and questioned G1905 Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35 - And one G1520 of them, [fn]a lawyer G3544, asked G1905 Him a G1905 question G1905, testing G3985 Him:

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Now G1161 while the Pharisees G5330 were gathered G4863 together G4863, Jesus G2424 asked G1905 them a G1905 question G1905:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:46 - No G3762 one G3762 was able G1410 to offer G611 Him a word G3056 in G611 answer G611, nor G3761 did anyone G5100 dare G5111 from that day G2250 on to ask G1905 Him any G3765 more G3765 questions G1905.

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Now G1161 Jesus G2424 stood G2476 before G1715 the governor G2232, and the governor G2232 questioned G1905 Him, saying G3004, “So You are the King G935 of the Jews G2453?” And Jesus G2424 said G5346 to him, “It is as you say G3004.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:9 - And He was asking G1905 him, “What G5101 is your name G3686?” And he *said G3004 to Him, “My name G3686 is Legion G3003, for we are many G4183.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 - And the Pharisees G5330 and the scribes G1122 *asked G1905 Him, “Why G1223 G5101 do Your disciples G3101 not walk G4043 in G2596 accordance G2596 with G2596 the tradition G3862 of the elders G4245, but eat G2068 their bread G740 with [fn]unholy G2839 hands G5495?”

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And when G3753 He later entered G1525 a house G3624, away G575 from the crowd G3793, His disciples G3101 asked G1905 Him about the parable G3850.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - Taking G1949 the man G5185 who G5185 was G5185 blind G5185 by the hand G5495, He brought G1627 him out G1627 of the village G2968; and after spitting G4429 in his eyes G3659 and laying G2007 His hands G5495 on G2007 him, He asked G1905 him, “Do you see G991 anything G5100?”

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Jesus G2424 went G1831 out G1831, along G2532 with His disciples G3101, to the villages G2968 of Caesarea G2542 Philippi G5376; and on the way G3598 He questioned G1905 His disciples G3101, saying G3004 to them, “Who G5101 do people G444 say G3004 that I am G1510?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:29 - And He continued questioning G1905 them: “But who G5101 do you say G3004 that I am G1510?” Peter G4074 answered G611 and *said G3004 to Him, “You are the [fn]Christ G5547.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - And they asked G1905 Him, saying G3004, “Why is it that the scribes G1122 say G3004 that Elijah G2243 must G1163 come G2064 first G4413?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:16 - And He asked G1905 them, “What G5101 are you disputing G4802 with them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:21 - And He asked G1905 his father G3962, “How G4214 long G5550 has this G3778 been G1510 happening G1096 to him?” And he said G3004, “From childhood G3812.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:28 - When He came G1525 into the house G3624, His disciples G3101 began asking G1905 Him privately G2596 G2398, “Why is it that we could G1410 not cast G1544 it out G1544?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:32 - But they [fn]did not understand G50 this statement G4487, and they were G5399 afraid G5399 to ask G1905 Him.

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They came G2064 to Capernaum G2584; and when He was in the house G3614, He began to question G1905 them: “What G5101 were you discussing G1260 on the way G3598?”

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And some Pharisees G5330 came G4334 up G4334 to Jesus, testing G3985 Him, and began questioning G1905 Him whether G1487 it was lawful G1832 for a man G435 to [fn]divorce G630 his wife G1135.

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And in the house G3614 the disciples G3101 again G3825 began questioning G1905 Him about G4012 this G3778.

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As He was setting G1607 out G1607 on a journey G3598, a man G1520 ran G4370 up G4370 to Him and knelt G1120 before G1120 Him, and asked G1905 Him, “Good G18 Teacher G1320, what G5101 shall I do G4160 so G2443 that G2443 I may inherit G2816 eternal G166 life G2222?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:29 - But Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “I will ask G1905 you one G1520 question G3056, and you answer G611 Me, and then I will tell G3004 you by what G4169 authority G1849 I do G4160 these G3778 things G3778.

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Some Sadducees G4523 (who G3748 say G3004 that there is no G3361 resurrection G386) *came G2064 to [fn]Jesus, and began questioning G1905 Him, saying G3004,

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One G1520 of the scribes G1122 came G4334 up G4334 and heard G191 them arguing G4802, and recognizing G3708 that He had answered G611 them well G2573, asked G1905 Him, “What G4169 commandment G1785 is the [fn]foremost G4413 of all G3956?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:34 - When Jesus G2424 saw G3708 that he had answered G611 intelligently G3562, He said G3004 to him, “You are not far G3112 from the kingdom G932 of God G2316.” And then, no G3762 one G3762 dared G5111 any G3765 longer G3765 to question G1905 Him.

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As He was sitting G2521 on the Mount G3735 of Olives G1636 opposite G2713 the temple G2413, Peter G4074, [fn]James G2385, John G2491, and Andrew G406 were questioning G1905 Him privately G2596 G2398,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:60 - And then the high G749 priest G749 stood G450 up G450 and came forward G1519 G3319 and questioned G1905 Jesus G2424, saying G3004, “Do You not offer G611 any G3762 answer G611 for what G5101 these G3778 men G3778 are testifying G2649 against G2649 You?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:61 - But He kept G4623 silent G4623 and did not offer G611 any G3762 answer G611. Again G3825 the high G749 priest G749 was questioning G1905 Him, and *said G3004 to Him, “Are You the [fn]Christ G5547, the Son G5207 of [fn]the Blessed G2128 One?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:2 - Pilate G4091 questioned G1905 Him: “So You are the King G935 of the Jews G2453?” And He answered G611 G3004 him, “It is as you say G3004.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:4 - But Pilate G4091 questioned G1905 Him again G3825, saying G3004, “Do You offer G611 nothing G3762 in G611 answer G611? See G2396 how G4214 many G4214 charges G2723 they are bringing G2723 against G2723 You!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:44 - Now G1161 Pilate G4091 wondered G2296 if G1487 He was dead G2348 by G2235 this G2235 time G2235, and summoning G4341 the centurion G2760, he questioned G1905 him as to whether G1487 He was already G2235 dead G599.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:46 - Then G2532, after G3326 three G5140 days G2250 they found G2147 Him in the temple G2413, sitting G2516 in the midst G3319 of the teachers G1320, both G2532 listening G191 to them and asking G1905 them questions G1905.

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And the crowds G3793 were questioning G1905 him, saying G3004, “Then G3767 what G5101 are we to do G4160?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:14 - And soldiers G4754 also G2532 were questioning G1905 him, saying G3004, “What G5101 are we to do G4160, we as G2532 well G2532?” And he said G3004 to them, “Do not extort G1286 money G1286 from anyone G3367, nor G3366 [fn]harass G4811 anyone, and be content G714 with your wages G3800.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:9 - And Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “I ask G1905 you whether G1487 it is lawful G1832 to do G15 good G15 on the Sabbath G4521 or G2228 to do G2554 harm G2554, to save G4982 a life G5590 or G2228 to destroy G622 it?”

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Now G1161 His disciples G3101 began asking G1905 Him what G5101 this G3778 parable G3850 [fn]meant G1510.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:30 - And Jesus G2424 asked G1905 him, “What G5101 is your name G3686?” And he said G3004, “Legion G3003”; because G3754 many G4183 demons G1140 had entered G1525 him.

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And it happened G1096 that while G1722 He was praying G4336 alone G3441, the disciples G3101 were with Him, and He questioned G1905 them, saying G3004, “Who G5101 do the [fn]people G3793 say G3004 that I am G1510?”

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Now G1161 He was questioned G1905 by the Pharisees G5330 as to when G4219 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 was coming G2064, and He answered G611 them and said G3004, “The kingdom G932 of God G2316 is not coming G2064 with [fn]signs G3907 that G3907 can G3907 be G3907 observed G3907;

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A ruler G758 questioned G1905 Him, saying G3004, “Good G18 Teacher G1320, what G5101 shall I do G4160 to inherit G2816 eternal G166 life G2222?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - And Jesus G2424 stopped G2476 and commanded G2753 that he be brought G71 to Him; and when he came G1448 near G1448, He asked G1905 him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21 - And the spies questioned G1905 Him, saying G3004, “Teacher G1320, we know G6063 that You speak G3004 and teach G1321 correctly G3723, and You [fn]are not partial G2983 G4383 to anyone, but You teach G1321 the way G3598 of God G2316 on the basis G1909 of truth G225.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:28 - and they questioned G1905 Him, saying G3004, “Teacher G1320, Moses G3475 wrote G1125 for us that if G1437 [fn]a man’s G5100 brother G80 dies G599, [fn]leaving G2192 a wife G1135, and he is childless G815, that his brother G80 is to [fn]marry G2983 the wife G1135 and raise G1817 up G1817 children G4690 [fn]for his brother G80.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:40 - For they did not have G5111 the courage G5111 to question G1905 Him any G3765 longer G3765 about anything G3762.

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They asked G1905 Him questions G1905, saying G3004, “Teacher G1320, when G4219 therefore G3767 will these G3778 things G3778 happen G1510? And what G5101 will be the [fn]sign G4592 when G3752 these G3778 things G3778 are G3195 about G3195 to G3195 take G1096 place G1096?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:64 - and they blindfolded G4028 Him and repeatedly asked G1905 Him, saying G3004, “Prophesy G4395, who G5101 is the one who hit G3817 You?”

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Now G1161 when Pilate G4091 heard G191 this, he asked G1905 whether G1487 the Man G444 was a Galilean G1057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:9 - And he questioned G1905 Him [fn]at some G2425 length G3056 G2425; but He offered G611 him no G3762 answer G611 at G3762 all G3762.

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