ΠΑΡΑΙΤΈΟΜΑΙ: παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι, [ [in LXX for בּקשׁ pi., etc.;] ] 1. . to beg of or from another: Mk 15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, v. Field, Notes, 43).
2. . to deprecate; (a) . prop., c. neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.): He 12:19; (b) . to refuse, decline, avoid: o. acc., I Ti 4:7 5:11, II Ti 2:23, Tit 3:10, He 12:25 (EV; but v. Field, Notes, 234).
3. . to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) : Lk 14:18, 19 (He 12:25, Field, Notes, 234).†