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Lexicon :: Strong's G2065 - erōtaō

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ἐρωτάω
Transliteration
erōtaō (Key)
Pronunciation
er-o-tah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
63x in 21 unique form(s) TR
58x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
61x in 29 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:685,262

Trench's Synonyms: xl. αἰτέω, ἐρωτάω.

Strong’s Definitions

ἐρωτάω erōtáō, er-o-tah'-o; apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request:—ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare G4441.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's G2065 in the following manner: ask (23x), beseech (14x), pray (14x), desire (6x), intreat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's G2065 in the following manner: ask (23x), beseech (14x), pray (14x), desire (6x), intreat (1x).

  1. to question

  2. to ask

    1. to request, entreat, beg, beseech

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐρωτάω erōtáō, er-o-tah'-o; apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request:—ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare G4441.
STRONGS G2065:
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:23; 15:23; 16:13; 21:24
Mark
4:10; 4:10; 7:26
Luke
4:38; 5:3; 7:3; 7:36; 8:37; 9:45; 11:37; 14:18; 14:32; 16:27; 19:31; 20:3; 22:68; 23:3
John
1:19; 1:21; 4:40; 4:47; 5:12; 8:7; 9:19; 9:21; 12:21; 14:16; 16:5; 16:9; 16:19; 16:20; 16:23; 16:30; 17:15; 18:19; 18:21; 19:31; 19:38
Acts
3:3; 10:48; 23:18; 23:20
Philippians
4:3
1 Thessalonians
4:1; 5:12
2 Thessalonians
2:1
1 John
5:16
2 John
1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2065 matches the Greek ἐρωτάω (erōtaō),
which occurs 61 times in 58 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:47–Jer 18:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:17 - And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:13 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:14 - Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21 - And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:18 - And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:4 - And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:4 - Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:19 - And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:10 - And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:10 - We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4 - Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:18 - Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:28 - For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:11 - Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

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