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Koine Greek wordlink #53852

SR GNT Luke 16:3 ἐπαιτεῖν (epaitein) ‘to_be digging not I am able to_be begging I am being_ashamed’ Strongs=18710 Lemma=epaiteō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #53836

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Only use of identical word form ἐπαιτεῖν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπαιτεῖν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be begging’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epaiteō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to_be begging’, ‘begging’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐπαιτεῖν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘begging’

YHN 9:8 προσαιτῶν (prosaitōn) V-PPA·NMS Lemma=prosaiteō ‘the one sitting and begging’ SR GNT Yhn 9:8 word 22

OET-LV: 8 Therefore the neighbours and the ones observing him the earlier, that he _was a_beggar, were _saying: Is this not the one sitting and begging? (JHN_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then the neighbours of the man and others who had seen him earlier, knowing that he was a beggar asked, “Isn’t he the one who always sat and begged here?” (JHN 9:8)

MARK 5:18 παρεκάλει (parekalei) V-IIA3··S Lemma=parakaleō ‘into the boat was begging him the one having_been demon_possessed’ SR GNT Mark 5:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 And him boarding into the boat, the one having _been _demon _possessed was _begging him that he _may _be with him. (MRK_5:18)

OET-RV: 18 As Yeshua was climbing back into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed wanted to go with him. (MRK 5:18)

MAT 14:36 παρεκάλουν (parekaloun) V-IIA3··P Lemma=parakaleō ‘and they were begging him that only’ SR GNT Mat 14:36 word 2

OET-LV: 36 and they _were _begging him that they _may_ only _touch against _the fringe of _the garment of _him, and as _many _as touched were _cured. (MAT_14:36)

OET-RV: 36 and begged him even to just let them touch the edge of his robe because everyone who did that was healed. (MAT 14:36)

LUKE 18:35 ἐπαιτῶν (epaitōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘beside the road begging’ SR GNT Luke 18:35 word 17

OET-LV: 35 And it _became at the time him to _be _nearing, to Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō), a_ certain _blind man was _sitting beside the road begging. (LUK_18:35)

OET-RV: 35 As Yeshua got close to the city of Yericho, there was a blind man sitting beside the road begging. (LUK 18:35)

Key: V=verb