ἐπαιτέω
epaiteō · beg
Greek word · Strong’s number G1871 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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epaiteō (ἐπαιτέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “beg”.
How to say it
e·pai·te·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To ask passers-by for some money or food to live on.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- beg ×1
- begging ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 16:3
And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
- Luke 18:35
And it happened, as he was drawing near to Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting beside the road begging.