verb

epaitamō

Greekἐπαιτέω (epaiteō)

Strong’sG1871

I beg, ask alms

stem epait-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

Translated as

beg1×begging1×

What it means

ἐπ-αιτέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Ps 108 (109):10 (H7592) Si 40:28 *;]

1. to ask besides.

2. to beg (as a mendicant; cf. MM, Exp., xiv): Lk 16:3 18:35 (Cremer, 74).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1871 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ahee-teh'-o

to ask for

Fromfrom G1909 and G154;

King Jamesbeg.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epaitarōἐπαιτεῖν	happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive	beg	1×
epaitarōtosἐπαιτῶν	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	begging	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epaitamō	epaitame	epaitami	epaitama	epaitamē	epaitamelē
you 2nd person singular	epaitasō	epaitase	epaitasi	epaitasa	epaitasē	epaitaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epaitatō	epaitate	epaitati	epaitata	epaitatē	epaitatelē
we 1st person plural	epaitanō	epaitane	epaitani	epaitana	epaitanē	epaitanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epaitavō	epaitave	epaitavi	epaitava	epaitavē	epaitavelē
they 3rd person plural	epaitalō	epaitale	epaitali	epaitala	epaitalē	epaitalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epaitameiō	epaitameia	epaitameiē
you 2nd person singular	epaitaseiō	epaitaseia	epaitaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epaitateiō	epaitateia	epaitateiē
we 1st person plural	epaitaneiō	epaitaneia	epaitaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epaitaveiō	epaitaveia	epaitaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epaitaleiō	epaitaleia	epaitaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epaitasōr	epaitasar	epaitasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epaitatōr	epaitatar	epaitatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epaitavōr	epaitavar	epaitavēr
they 3rd person plural	epaitalōr	epaitalar	epaitalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epaitamoiō	epaitamoia
you 2nd person singular	epaitasoiō	epaitasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epaitatoiō	epaitatoia
we 1st person plural	epaitanoiō	epaitanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epaitavoiō	epaitavoia
they 3rd person plural	epaitaloiō	epaitaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epaitarō1×ἐπαιτεῖν	epaitari	epaitara	epaitarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epaitarōtos1×ἐπαιτῶν	epaitaritos	epaitaratos	epaitarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epaitstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epait is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

epaitarō“beg”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Luke 16:3“beg”legata de en heauto tos oikonomos; Tinem poiameia hoti tos kurios mu afairetō tan oikonomian apo mu? skaptarō ouk ischuamō, epaitarō aischunemō;The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

epaitarōtos“begging”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Luke 18:35“begging”Gineta de en te engizarō auton eis Ierichō tuflos tinos kathete para tan hodan epaitarōtos.As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.