παραιτέομαι
paraiteomai
- to refuse/excuse
- to beg of
- from
- to deprecate
- to entreat
- not
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to refuse/excuse
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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to beg of; from; to deprecate; to entreat; not
to beg of; from; to deprecate; to entreat; not; to refuse; decline; avoid; to beg off; ask to be excused; excuse