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Lexicon :: Strong's G3868 - paraiteomai

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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)
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:6 - Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 - “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:19 - “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:7 - Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23 - Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:10 - Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19 - to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
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