G4319
G4319 — προσαιτέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
prosaiteo (pros-ai-teh'-o) v.
1. to ask repeatedly (importune), i.e. solicit
[from G4314 and G154]
KJV: beg
Root(s): G4314, G154
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
beg
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσαιτέω, προσαίτω;
1. to ask for in addition ((see πρός, IV. 2); Pindar, Aeschylus, others).
2. to approach one with supplications (German anbetteln (to importune; cf. πρός, IV. 4)), to ask alms ((Herodotus), Xenophon, Aristophanes, Euripides, Plutarch, others): Mar 10:46 R G L; Luk 18:35 (where L T Tr WH have ἐπαιτῶν); Joh 9:8.
STRONGS NT 4319a: προσαίτηςπροσαίτης, προσαιτου, ὁ, a beggar: Mar 10:46 T Tr WH; Joh 9:8 (where for the Rec. τυφλός). (Plutarch, Lucian, (Diogenes Laërtius 6, 56.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προσαιτέω (beg)
Mark 10:46
- KJV: And they came to Jericho and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people blind Bartimæus the son of Timæus sat by the highway side begging
- GK: και έρχονται εις Ιεριχώ και εκπορευομένου αυτού από Ιεριχώ και των μαθητών αυτού και όχλου ικανού υιός Τιμαίου Βαρτίμαιος ο τυφλός εκάθητο παρά την οδόν προσαιτών
Luke 18:35
- KJV: And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a certain blind man sat by the way side begging
- GK: εγένετο δε εν τω εγγίζειν αυτόν εις Ιεριχώ τυφλός τις εκάθητο παρά την οδόν προσαιτών
John 9:8
- KJV: The neighbours therefore and they which before had seen him that he was blind said Is not this he that sat and begged
- GK: οι ουν γείτονες και οι θεωρούντες αυτόν το πρότερον ότι τυφλός ην έλεγον ουχ ούτός εστιν ο καθήμενος και προσαιτών