Forms of the word

Dictionary
παραιτέομαι
Greek transliteration
paraiteomai
Simplified transliteration
paraiteomai
Principal Parts
(παρῃτούμην), -, παρη/τησάμην, -, παρῄτημαι, -

Numbers

Strong's number
3868
GK Number
4148

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1d(2a)
Gloss
to request, beg; to make excuses; to refuse, reject
Definition
to entreat; to beg off, excuse one's self, Lk. 14:18, 19; to deprecate, entreat against, Acts 25:11; Heb. 12:19; to decline receiving, refuse, reject, 1 Tim. 4:7; 5:11; Tit. 3:10; Heb. 12:25; to decline, avoid, shun, 2 Tim. 2:23

Greek-English Concordance for παραιτέομαι

Mark 15:6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested (parētounto | παρῃτοῦντο | imperf mid ind 3 pl).
Luke 14:18 But one after another they all began to make excuses (paraiteisthai | παραιτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ). The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I must go out to see it. I ask you, have me excused.’ (parētēmenon | παρῃτημένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg masc)
Luke 14:19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you, have me excused.’ (parētēmenon | παρῃτημένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg masc)
Acts 25:11 If then I am a wrongdoer and have done anything worthy of death, I am not trying to escape (paraitoumai | παραιτοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one has a right to turn me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
1 Timothy 4:7 But reject (paraitou | παραιτοῦ | pres mid imperative 2 sg) the profane and silly myths; rather train yourself for godliness;
1 Timothy 5:11 But refuse (paraitou | παραιτοῦ | pres mid imperative 2 sg) to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry
2 Timothy 2:23 But avoid (paraitou | παραιτοῦ | pres mid imperative 2 sg) the foolish and uneducated speculations, knowing that they breed quarrels.
Titus 3:10 Avoid (paraitou | παραιτοῦ | pres mid imperative 2 sg) the factious person after a first and second warning,
Hebrews 12:19 to the blast of a trumpet and a sound of words which made (parētēsanto | παρῃτήσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) those who heard it beg (parētēsanto | παρῃτήσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) that no further message be given to them,
Hebrews 12:25 Take care not to disregard (paraitēsēsthe | παραιτήσησθε | aor mid subj 2 pl) the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when (paraitēsamenoi | παραιτησάμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) they (paraitēsamenoi | παραιτησάμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) disregarded (paraitēsamenoi | παραιτησάμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven.

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