Strong G2065ἐρωτάω
to ask
- Transliteration
- erōtaō
- Pronunciation
- er-o-tah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐρωτάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַל;]
1. to ask, question (cl.): absol., Luk.19:31 22:68, Jhn.8:7 with accusative of person(s), Jhn.9:21 16:19, 30 8:21; before λέγων, Mat.16:13, Luk.23:3, Jhn.1:19, 21 5:12 9:19 16:5; with dupl. accusative (WM, § 32, 4a), Mat.21:24, Mrk.4:10, Luk.20:3, Jhn.16:23 (M, Pr., 66„); with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk.9:45, Jhn.18:19.
2. In late Gk. (Milligan, NTD, 51; not, as Cremer, 716, Thayer, see word, a "Hebraism"), = αἰτέω (which see), to ask, request: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.14:16; before imperat., Luk.14:18-19 Php.4:3; λέγων, Mat.15:23, Jhn.12:21; before ἵνα (M, Pr., 208), Mrk.7:26, Luk.7:36 16:27, Jhn.4:47 17:15 19:31, 38, 1Th.4:1, 2Jn.5; ὅπως, Luk.7:3 11:37, Act.23:20; with inf., Luk.5:3 8:37, Jhn.4:40, Act.3:3 10:48 23:18, 1Th.5:12; with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk.4:38 Jhn.17:9, 20, 1Jn.5:16; ὑπέρ, 2Th.2:1-2; τὰ (WH, txt., om. τὰ) πρὸς εἰρήνην, Luk.14:32 (cf. δι-, ἐπ-ερωτάω)
SYN.: see: αἰτέω (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַל;]
1. to ask, question (cl.): absol., Luk.19:31 22:68, Jhn.8:7 with accusative of person(s), Jhn.9:21 16:19, 30 8:21; before λέγων, Mat.16:13, Luk.23:3, Jhn.1:19, 21 5:12 9:19 16:5; with dupl. accusative (WM, § 32, 4a), Mat.21:24, Mrk.4:10, Luk.20:3, Jhn.16:23 (M, Pr., 66„); with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk.9:45, Jhn.18:19.
2. In late Gk. (Milligan, NTD, 51; not, as Cremer, 716, Thayer, see word, a "Hebraism"), = αἰτέω (which see), to ask, request: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.14:16; before imperat., Luk.14:18-19 Php.4:3; λέγων, Mat.15:23, Jhn.12:21; before ἵνα (M, Pr., 208), Mrk.7:26, Luk.7:36 16:27, Jhn.4:47 17:15 19:31, 38, 1Th.4:1, 2Jn.5; ὅπως, Luk.7:3 11:37, Act.23:20; with inf., Luk.5:3 8:37, Jhn.4:40, Act.3:3 10:48 23:18, 1Th.5:12; with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk.4:38 Jhn.17:9, 20, 1Jn.5:16; ὑπέρ, 2Th.2:1-2; τὰ (WH, txt., om. τὰ) πρὸς εἰρήνην, Luk.14:32 (cf. δι-, ἐπ-ερωτάω)
SYN.: see: αἰτέω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2065 appears in 57 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ask22
- pray13
- beseech8
- besought6
- desire5
- asketh1
- condition1
- i1
- intreat1
- will1
First verses
- Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Matthew 16:13When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
- Matthew 21:24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mark 4:10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
- Mark 7:26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
- Luke 4:38And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
- Luke 5:3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
- Luke 7:3And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
- Luke 7:36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
- Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
- Luke 14:18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
- Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
- Luke 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
- Luke 16:27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
- Luke 19:31And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
- Luke 20:3And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
- Luke 22:68And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
- John 1:19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρωτ-άω,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰρωτάω, contraction in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and best codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, as 3.119, 4.145, +others)]: imperfect ἠρώτων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.3, (ἐπ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10, etc.; εἰρώτα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423)]; Ionic dialect εἰρώτευν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158,)]participle -τεῦντας variant in [Refs (3.62 (elsewhere εἰρώτων 3.140))]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 350e, etc.)]: aorist I ἠρώτησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 403, etc.)]: perfect ἠρώτηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18a:)] —used in _Attic dialect_ to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τι something of one, ἅ μ᾽ εἰρωτᾷς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.347; εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364; ὅσ᾽ ἄν σ᾽ ἐρωτῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1122; οὐ τοῦτ᾽ ἐρωτῶ σ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 641)]:—passive, to be asked, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 895e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.3.)]
2 ἐ. τι ask about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 228, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508a; τιπερί τινος [prev. author] “Tht.” 185c)]; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 487e)]; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5:)] —passive, τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι, to answer the question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.23, etc.; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 662e:)] —passive, also with person as subject, ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked about beauty, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 289c.)]
3 followed by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423)]; ἐ. εἰ.. or ἤν.. to ask whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; ἐ. ἦ.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 181; αἰτίαν καθ᾽ ἥντινα [prev. author] “Pr.” 228; πότεροι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 648; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.7; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.1.)]
II question a person, εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.97; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.23; τινα ἀμφί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 236 (Lyric poetry))]:— passive, to be questioned, ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 1130.)]
II.b of sentries, challenge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.12)]; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the password, [Refs ([prev. author] 26.9.)]
II.2 in Dialectic, opposed to demonstration, question an opponent in order to refute him from his answers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 24a24)]; τι [Refs ([prev. work] 42a39)]; hence later, submit, set forth, propound an argument, λόγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.257)]:—passive, ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.1; ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.237.)]
III later, ={αἰτέω}, beg, entreat, ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην [LXX (LXX.1Ki.30.21, +others)]; ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ[LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Psa.121(122).6; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ “PMag.Par.” 1.272; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι “POxy.” 292.7 (1st c.AD), NT.Luke.8.37, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.. [prev. work] 7.36; ὅπως.. [prev. work] 7.3, +others, “PMag.Leid.W.” 16.13; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν NT.John.16.26. (Perh. from ἐρ (ϝ))] ωτάω, cognate with ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι (see. ἔρομαι).)
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰρωτάω, contraction in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and best codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, as 3.119, 4.145, +others)]: imperfect ἠρώτων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.3, (ἐπ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10, etc.; εἰρώτα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423)]; Ionic dialect εἰρώτευν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158,)]participle -τεῦντας variant in [Refs (3.62 (elsewhere εἰρώτων 3.140))]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 350e, etc.)]: aorist I ἠρώτησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 403, etc.)]: perfect ἠρώτηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18a:)] —used in _Attic dialect_ to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τι something of one, ἅ μ᾽ εἰρωτᾷς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.347; εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364; ὅσ᾽ ἄν σ᾽ ἐρωτῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1122; οὐ τοῦτ᾽ ἐρωτῶ σ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 641)]:—passive, to be asked, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 895e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.3.)]
2 ἐ. τι ask about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 228, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508a; τιπερί τινος [prev. author] “Tht.” 185c)]; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 487e)]; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5:)] —passive, τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι, to answer the question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.23, etc.; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 662e:)] —passive, also with person as subject, ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked about beauty, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 289c.)]
3 followed by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423)]; ἐ. εἰ.. or ἤν.. to ask whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; ἐ. ἦ.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 181; αἰτίαν καθ᾽ ἥντινα [prev. author] “Pr.” 228; πότεροι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 648; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.7; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.1.)]
II question a person, εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.97; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.23; τινα ἀμφί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 236 (Lyric poetry))]:— passive, to be questioned, ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 1130.)]
II.b of sentries, challenge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.12)]; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the password, [Refs ([prev. author] 26.9.)]
II.2 in Dialectic, opposed to demonstration, question an opponent in order to refute him from his answers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 24a24)]; τι [Refs ([prev. work] 42a39)]; hence later, submit, set forth, propound an argument, λόγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.257)]:—passive, ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.1; ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.237.)]
III later, ={αἰτέω}, beg, entreat, ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην [LXX (LXX.1Ki.30.21, +others)]; ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ[LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Psa.121(122).6; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ “PMag.Par.” 1.272; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι “POxy.” 292.7 (1st c.AD), NT.Luke.8.37, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.. [prev. work] 7.36; ὅπως.. [prev. work] 7.3, +others, “PMag.Leid.W.” 16.13; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν NT.John.16.26. (Perh. from ἐρ (ϝ))] ωτάω, cognate with ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι (see. ἔρομαι).)