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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 they might accuse G2723 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:1 - The Pharisees G5330 and Sadducees G4523 came G4334 up, and testing G3985 Jesus, 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:23 - On that day G2250 some Sadducees G4523 (who say G3004 there is no G3361 resurrection) G386 came G4334 to Jesus and questioned G1905 Him,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:41 - Now G1161 while the Pharisees G5330 were gathered G4863 together, G4863 Jesus G2424 asked G1905 them a question: G1905

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:46 - No G3762 one G3762 was able G1410 to answer G611 Him a word, G3056 nor G3761 did anyone G5100 dare G5111 from that day G2250 on to ask G1905 Him [fn]another G3765 question. G1905

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - Now G1161 Jesus G2424 stood G2476 before G1715 the governor, G2232 and the governor G2232 questioned G1905 Him, saying, G3004 “Are You 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 - The Pharisees G5330 and the scribes G1122 *asked G1905 Him, “Why G1223 G5101 do Your disciples G3101 not walk G4043 according G2596 to the tradition G3862 of the elders, G4245 but eat G2068 their bread G740 with impure G2839 hands?” G5495

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - When G3753 he had left G575 the crowd G3793 and entered G1525 the house, G3624 His disciples G3101 questioned G1905 Him about the parable. G3850

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Jesus G2424 went G1831 out, 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 by 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 [fn]the Christ.” G5547

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - 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 discussing 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 questioning G1905 Him privately, G2596 G2398 “Why G3739 G5101 could G1410 we not drive G1544 it out?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:33 - They came G2064 to Capernaum; G2584 and when He [fn]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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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:2 - Some Pharisees G5330 came G4334 up to Jesus, testing G3985 Him, and began to question G1905 Him whether G1487 it was lawful G1832 for a man G435 to [fn]divorce G630 a wife. G1135

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:10 - In the house G3614 the disciples G3101 began questioning G1905 Him about G4012 this G3778 again. G3825

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:17 - As He was setting G1607 out on a journey, G3598 a man G1520 ran G4370 up to Him and knelt G1120 before G1120 Him, and asked G1905 Him, “Good G18 Teacher, G1320 what G5101 shall I do G4160 to inherit G2816 eternal G166 life?” G2222

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:29 - And 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:18 - Some Sadducees G4523 (who G3748 say G3004 that there is no G3361 resurrection) G386 *came G2064 to Jesus, and began questioning G1905 Him, saying, G3004

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28 - One G1520 of the scribes G1122 came 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 After that, no G3762 one G3762 would venture G5111 to ask G1905 Him any G3765 more G3765 questions. G1905

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:3 - As He was sitting G2521 on the Mount G3735 of Olives G1636 opposite G2713 the temple, G2413 Peter G4074 and [fn]James G2385 and John G2491 and Andrew G406 were questioning G1905 Him privately, G2596 G2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:60 - The high G749 priest G749 stood G450 up and came forward G1519 G3319 and questioned G1905 Jesus, G2424 saying, G3004 “Do You not answer? G611 [fn]What G5101 is it that 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 answer. G611 Again G3825 the high G749 priest G749 was questioning G1905 Him, and [fn]saying G3004 to Him, “Are You [fn]the Christ, G5547 the Son G5207 of the Blessed G2128 One?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:4 - Then G2532 Pilate G4091 questioned G1905 Him again, G3825 saying, G3004 “Do You not answer? G611 See G2396 how G4214 many G4214 charges G2723 they bring G2723 against G2723 You!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:44 - Pilate G4091 wondered G2296 if G1487 He was dead G2348 by 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 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:10 - And the crowds G3793 were questioning G1905 him, saying, G3004 “Then G3767 what G5101 shall we do?” G4160

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:14 - Some soldiers G4754 were questioning G1905 him, saying, G3004 “And what about us, what G5101 shall we do?” G4160 And he said G3004 to them, “Do not take G1286 money G1286 from anyone G3367 by force, G1286 or G3366 accuse G4811 anyone falsely, G4811 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, is it lawful G1832 to do G15 good G15 or G2228 to do G2554 harm G2554 on the Sabbath, G4521 to save G4982 a life G5590 or G2228 to destroy G622 it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - His disciples G3101 began questioning G1905 Him as to what G5101 this G3778 parable G3850 meant. G1510

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:18 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:20 - Now G1161 having been questioned G1905 by the Pharisees G5330 as to when G4219 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 was coming, G2064 He answered G611 them and said, G3004 “The kingdom G932 of God G2316 is not coming G2064 with [fn]signs G3907 to be observed; G3907

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18 - 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

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 questioned G1905 him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21 - They 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 any, but teach G1321 the way G3598 of God G2316 in 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 A MAN’S G5100 BROTHER G80 DIES G599, having G2192 a wife, G1135 AND HE IS CHILDLESS G815, HIS BROTHER G80 SHOULD [fn]MARRY G2983 THE WIFE G1135 AND RAISE G1817 UP CHILDREN G4690 TO HIS BROTHER G80.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:7 - They questioned G1905 Him, 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 about G3195 to take G1096 place?” G1096

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:64

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:6 - When G1161 Pilate G4091 heard G191 it, he asked G1905 whether G1487 the man G444 was a Galilean. G1057

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:9 - And he questioned G1905 Him [fn]at some G2425 length; G3056 G2425 but He answered G611 him nothing. G3762

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