UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ἐπερώτημα; -τος

Sense 1: request, appeal

Semantic entry: 33.162

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Ask For, Request

Definition: (derivative of ἐπερωτάω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to ask for,’ 33.161: ἐπερωτάω / 33.161: ἐρωτάω) that which is asked for

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ἐπερώτημα in RV PE1 3:21 · LV PE1 3:21 · Read together PE1 3:21 as meaning ‘pledge’ or ‘promise,’ in which case it may be classified under 33.288: ἐπαγγελία / 33.288: ἐπάγγελμα. Accordingly, the phrase συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς θεόν may be rendered as ‘a promise made to God from a good conscience.’

PE1 3:21: RV PE1 3:21 · LV PE1 3:21 · Read together PE1 3:21

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OET-RV PE1 3:21

21 which also represents how being immersed saved you chosen people. It doesn’t remove the filth from your bodies, but cleans the conscience as you make a pledge to God based on the coming back to life of Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah,

OET-LV PE1 3:21

21 Which also representative now the_immersion is _saving you _all, not a_removal of_the_filth of _flesh, but of_a_ good _conscience, the_inquiry toward god through the_resurrection of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπερώτημα

Form 1

Sense 1: request, appeal