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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 11 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 - But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:19 - Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:7 - Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:11 - The younger widows should not be on the list, because their physical desires will overpower their devotion to Christ and they will want to remarry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23 - Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:10 - If people are causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19 - For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!
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