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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 - “Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:17 - And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose are these in front of you?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - But they said, “The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - Then he asked them about their well-being, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:13 - Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - “So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD our God has commanded you?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:14 - “then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - “that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21 - Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - So the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell 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 to him, “Why do you ask My name, seeing it is wonderful?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:4 - “And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - “And he inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Then Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:4 - Then David inquired of the LORD once again. And the LORD answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, 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 your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Now David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he greeted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:19 - So David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - then Toi sent Joram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - So she spoke, saying, “They used to talk in former times, saying, ‘They shall surely seek guidance at Abel,’ and so they would end disputes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:10 - And David inquired of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” The LORD said to him, “Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent Hadoram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of articles of gold, silver, and bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: “Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - “Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4 - Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - Fierce witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:18 - Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - The grave,[fn]
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:28 - For I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, 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 says 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, you command Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - Thus says the LORD:

“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - Therefore thus says the LORD:

“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

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