Quick Definition
I beg, ask alms
Strong's Definition
to ask for
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G154 (αἰτέω);
KJV Usage: beg
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπαιτέω, ἐπαίτω;
1. to ask besides, ask for more: Homer, Iliad 23, 593.
2. to ask again and again, importunately: Sophocles Oed. Tyr. 1416; to beg, to ask alms: Luk_16:3; (Luk_18:35 L T Tr WH); (Psa_108:10 (); Sir_40:28; Sophocles Oed. Col. 1364).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπαιτέω epaiteō 2x
to prefer a suit or request in respect of certain circumstances; to ask alms, beg, Luk_16:3 ; Luk_18:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ -αιτέω , -ῶ , [in LXX : Psa_109:10 ( H7592 ) Sir_40:28 * ;]
1. to ask besides.
2. to beg (as a mendicant; cf. MM , Exp., xiv): Luk_16:3 ; Luk_18:35 ( Cremer , 74).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπαιτέω [page 227]
In P Lond 24 .4 (B.C. 163) (= I. p. 32) a recluse at the Serapeum describes himself as living ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐπαιτῶ ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι , from what I beg in the temple : cf. Luk_16:8 ἐπαιτεῖν αἰσχύνομαι . That temples generally were a promising haunt for the profession Luke reminds us elsewhere. Ἐπήτρια , the Greek for a beggaress to parallel it with an equal novelty appears as a ἅπ . εἰρ . in P Par 59 .10 (B.C. 160) (= Witkowski, 2 p. 76, where see note) : cf. ἀγύρτρια (Aesch. Ag . 1273), δέκτρια (Archil. 8). The pass. of the verb is found in P Tebt I. 26 .18 (B.C. 114) πρὸς πῆι ( l. τῆι ) ἐπιδόσει τῶν ἐπαιτουμένων λόψων , for the delivery of the accounts which were required (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπαιτέω fut. ήσω "to ask besides", Il. , Soph. :—so in Mid., id=Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αιτέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Psa_109:10 (H7592) Sir_40:28 * ;]
__1. to ask besides.
__2. to beg (as a mendicant; cf. MM, Exp., xiv): Luk.16:3 18:35 (Cremer, 74).†
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