παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX for בָּקַשׁ pi., etc. ;] 1. to beg of or from another: Mrk.15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43). 2. to deprecate; (a) prop., with neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.): Heb.12:19; (b) to refuse, decline, avoid: o. accusative, 1Ti.4:7 5:11, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:10, Heb.12:25 (EV; but see Field, Notes, 234). 3. to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) : Luk.14:18-19 (Heb.12:25, Field, l.with).† (AS)
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G3868 — παραιτέομαι
paraiteomai · to refuse/excuse · Greek
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Mark 15:6 · παρῃτοῦντο.Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.Luke 14:18 · παραιτεῖσθαι.¶ · παρῃτημένον.They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’Luke 14:19 · παρῃτημένον.“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’Acts 25:11 · παραιτοῦμαιFor if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”1 Timothy 4:7 · παραιτοῦ·But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.1 Timothy 5:11 · παραιτοῦ·But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;2 Timothy 2:23 · παραιτοῦBut refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.Titus 3:10 · παραιτοῦAvoid a factious man after a first and second warning;Hebrews 12:19 · παρῃτήσαντοthe sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,Hebrews 12:25 · παραιτήσησθε · παραιτησάμενοιSee that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,