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Lexicon :: Strong's G3868 - paraiteomai

Aa
παραιτέομαι
Transliteration
paraiteomai (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From παρά (G3844) and the middle voice of αἰτέω (G154)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:195,30

Strong’s Definitions

παραιτέομαι paraitéomai, par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee; from G3844 and the middle voice of G154; to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun:—avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G3868 in the following manner: refuse (5x), excuse (2x), make excuse (1x), avoid (1x), reject (1x), intreat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G3868 in the following manner: refuse (5x), excuse (2x), make excuse (1x), avoid (1x), reject (1x), intreat (1x).

  1. to ask along side, beg to have near one

    1. to obtain by entreaty

    2. to beg from, to ask for, supplicate

  2. to avert by entreaty or seek to avert, to deprecate

    1. to entreat that ... not

    2. to refuse, decline

    3. to shun, avoid

    4. to avert displeasure by entreaty

      1. to beg pardon, crave indulgence, to excuse

      2. of one excusing himself for not accepting a wedding invitation to a feast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραιτέομαι paraitéomai, par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee; from G3844 and the middle voice of G154; to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun:—avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject.
STRONGS G3868:
παραιτέομαι, παραιτοῦμαι, imperative present παραιτοῦ; (imperfect 3 person plural παρῃτοῦντο, Mark 15:6 T WH Tr marginal reading, where others ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο (which see)); 1 aorist παρητησαμην; perfect passive participle παρητημενος with a passive significance; from Aeschylus and Pindar down;
1. properly, to ask alongside (παρά (IV. 1)), beg to have near one; to obtain by entreaty; to beg from, to ask for, supplicate: (Mark 15:6 (see above)).
2. to avert (παρά aside (see παρά, IV. 1)) by entreaty or seek to avert, to deprecate;
a. properly, followed by μή and an accusative with an infinitive (to intreat that... not), Hebrews 12:19 (Thucydides 5, 63); cf. Winers Grammar, 604 (561); (Buttmann, § 148,13).
b. equivalent to to refuse, decline: τό ἀποθανεῖν, Acts 25:11 (θανεῖν οὐ παραιτοῦμαι, Josephus, de vita sua29).
c. equivalent to to shun, avoid: τί, 1 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 2:23; τινα, 1 Timothy 5:11; Titus 3:10; equivalent to to refuse, reject, Hebrews 12:25.
d. to avert displeasure by entreaty, i. e. to beg pardon, crave indulgence, to excuse: ἔχε με παρῃτημένον (see ἔχω, I. 1 f.), Luke 14:18f (of one excusing himself for not accepting an invitation to a feast, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 9).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
15:6; 15:6
Luke
14:18
Acts
25:11
1 Timothy
4:7; 5:11
2 Timothy
2:23
Titus
3:10
Hebrews
12:19; 12:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3868 matches the Greek παραιτέομαι (paraiteomai),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Now G1161 at the Passover Feast G1859 he used to release G630 for them any one G1520 prisoner G1198 whom G3739 they requested G3868.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18

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

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 BoxAct 25:11 - “If G1487, therefore G3767, I am G91 in G91 the G91 wrong G91 and have committed G4238 something G5100 deserving G514 death G2288, I am not trying G3868 to G3868 avoid G3868 execution G599; but if G1487 there is nothing G3762 to the accusations G2723 which G3739 these G3778 men G3778 are bringing G2723 against G2723 me, no G3762 one G3762 can G1410 hand G5483 me over G5483 to them. I appeal G1941 to G1941 Caesar G2541.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:7 - But [fn]stay G3868 away G3868 from G3868 worthless G952 stories G3454 that are typical G1126 of G1126 old G1126 women G1126. Rather G1161, [fn]discipline G1128 yourself G4572 for the purpose G4314 of godliness G2150;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - But refuse G3868 to register younger G3501 widows G5503, for when G3752 they feel G2691 physical G2691 desires G2691 alienating G2691 them from Christ G5547, they want G2309 to get G1060 married G1060,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23 - But refuse G3868 foolish G3474 and ignorant G521 speculations G2214, knowing G6063 that they produce G1080 [fn]quarrels G3163.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:10 - Reject G3868 a [fn]divisive G141 person G444 after G3326 a first G1520 and second G1208 warning G3559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19 - and to the blast G2279 of a trumpet G4536 and the sound G5456 of words G4487, which G3739 sound was such that those G3588 who heard G191 begged G3868 that no G3361 further G4369 word G3056 be spoken G4369 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 -

See G991 to it that you do not refuse G3868 Him who is speaking G2980. For if G1487 those G1565 did not escape G1628 when they refused G3868 him who warned G5537 them on earth G1093, [fn]much G4183 less G3123 will we escape who turn G654 away G654 from Him who warns us from heaven G3772.

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