Strong's Greek · G1871

ἐπαιτέω

epaitéō

beg

Definition

to ask for

Derivation

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G154 (αἰτέω);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Luke 16:3

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

Luke 18:35

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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