Lexicon / G3868
παραιτέομαι
paraiteomai
  • to refuse/excuse
  • to beg of
  • from
  • to deprecate
  • to entreat
  • not

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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