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Lexicon :: Strong's G1905 - eperōtaō

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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 25 times in 25 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:9 - Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?”
And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 - So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by the parable he had just used.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:5 - Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?”
“Seven loaves,” they replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - Then they asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:16 - “What is all this arguing about?” Jesus asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:21 - “How long has this been happening?” Jesus asked the boy’s father.
He replied, “Since he was a little boy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:28 - Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with his disciples, they asked him, “Why couldn’t we cast out that evil spirit?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:32 - They didn’t understand what he was saying, however, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:33 - After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:2 - Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:10 - Later, when he was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:17 - As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:29 - “I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:18 - Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28 - One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:34 - Realizing how much the man understood, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:3 - Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives across the valley from the Temple. Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him privately and asked him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:60 - Then the high priest stood up before the others and asked Jesus, “Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:61 - But Jesus was silent and made no reply. Then the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:2 - Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:4 - and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:44 - Pilate couldn’t believe that Jesus was already dead, so he called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet.
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