Strong G4319προσαιτέω
to beg
- Transliteration
- prosaiteō
- Pronunciation
- pros-ahee-teh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-αιτέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job.27:14 *;]
1. to ask besides.
2. to continue asking; hence, to importune, beg, ask alms: Jhn.9:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.27:14 *;]
1. to ask besides.
2. to continue asking; hence, to importune, beg, ask alms: Jhn.9:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4319 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beg3
First verses
- Mark 10:46And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.
- Luke 18:35And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
- John 9:8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσαιτ-έω,
ask besides, οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 177.6)]; αἷμα π. demand more blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 401 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. μισθόν demand higher pay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.21.)]
2 demand or require for a purpose, ὅσους.. τὰ ἔργα προσαιτοίη [Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.39.)]
II ask as well as others (i.e. for a share), and so, with accusative person, ask an alms of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.83, etc.)]: with accusative of things, beg for a thing, βίοτον, στρατιάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 791, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1141)]: with double accusative, beg somewhat of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 512, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.31)]: with genitive, beg some of.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 4)]: absolutely, to be importunate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 64 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 429, 452)]; to be a beggar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b, “PCair.Zen.” 493.6 (3rd c.BC), probably in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.294a.)]
ask besides, οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 177.6)]; αἷμα π. demand more blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 401 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. μισθόν demand higher pay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.21.)]
2 demand or require for a purpose, ὅσους.. τὰ ἔργα προσαιτοίη [Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.39.)]
II ask as well as others (i.e. for a share), and so, with accusative person, ask an alms of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.83, etc.)]: with accusative of things, beg for a thing, βίοτον, στρατιάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 791, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1141)]: with double accusative, beg somewhat of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 512, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.31)]: with genitive, beg some of.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 4)]: absolutely, to be importunate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 64 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 429, 452)]; to be a beggar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b, “PCair.Zen.” 493.6 (3rd c.BC), probably in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.294a.)]