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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