Greek verb · G3868
παραιτέομαι
paraiteomaipar-ahee-teh'-om-ahee
to beg of or from another; to deprecate; to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.)
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: paraitéomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3868is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3868
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
The King James renders it: avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
paraiteomai is rendered "to beg of or from another; to deprecate; to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.)". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to beg of or from another".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 15:6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
Mark 15:6παρῃτοῦντο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's twelve uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to beg of or from another, and to deprecate, and to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to beg of or from anotherMrk.15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43). | Tagged as
| WhereMark 15:6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing. |
| to deprecate__(a) prop. | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 4:7But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness. |
| to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 14:18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| παρά | para | from/with/beside | Uses192 |
| παραδίδωμι | paradidomi | to deliver | Uses119 |
| παρακαλέω | parakaleo | to plead/comfort | Uses108 |
| παραβολή | parabole | parable | Uses50 |
| παραλαμβάνω | paralambano | to take | Uses49 |
| παραγίνομαι | paraginomai | to come | Uses36 |
| παραγγέλλω | parangello | to order | Uses31 |
| παράκλησις | paraklesis | encouragement | Uses29 |
| παράπτωμα | paraptoma | trespass | Uses19 |
| παρατίθημι | paratithemi | to set before | Uses19 |
| παραχρῆμα | parachrema | instantly | Uses18 |
| παράδοσις | paradosis | tradition | Uses13 |
and 60 more on the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- παραιτοῦ4
- παρῃτημένον2
- παραιτεῖσθαι.¶1
- παραιτησάμενοι1
- παραιτήσησθε1
- παραιτοῦμαι1
- παρῃτήσαντο1
- παρῃτοῦντο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singular4V-PNM-2S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-RPP-ASM
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-ADI-3P
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-ADP-NPM
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-ADS-2P
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PNI-1S
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
Mark
one use
Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
- παρῃτοῦντοparetountoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were requesting
Luke
three uses
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
- παραιτεῖσθαι.¶paraiteisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to excuse themselves
- παρῃτημένονparetemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: excused
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- παρῃτημένονparetemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: excused
Acts
one use
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
- παραιτοῦμαιparaitoumaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do refuse
1 Timothy
two uses
But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
- παραιτοῦparaitouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do refuse
But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
- παραιτοῦparaitouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do refuse
2 Timothy
one use
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
- παραιτοῦparaitouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do refuse
Titus
one use
Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
- παραιτοῦparaitouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do reject
Hebrews
three uses
to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
- παρῃτήσαντοparetesantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they excused themselves
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- παραιτήσησθεparaitesestheverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may refuse
- παραιτησάμενοιparaitesamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having refused
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.