verb
epaitamō
Strong’sG1871
I beg, ask alms
stem epait-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπ-αιτέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Ps 108 (109):10 (H7592) Si 40:28 *;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ask besides, εἰ καί νύ κεν.. ἄλλο μεῖζον ἐπαιτήσειας Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, ask for more, φαγὼν ἔτ᾽ ἐπῄτεον Refs 3rd c.BC+:—so in middle, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 beg as a mendicant, ἄλλους ἐ. τὸν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν βίον Refs 5th c.BC+
3 simply, demand, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epaitarōἐπαιτεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | beg | 1× |
| epaitarōntosἐπαιτῶν | 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 | epaitarōntos1×ἐπαιτῶν | epaitarintos | epaitarantos | epaitarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
epaitarō“beg”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Luke 16:3… oikonomian apo mu? skaptarō ouk ischuamō, epaitarō aischunomō;… to dig and too ashamed to beg.
epaitarōntos“begging”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Luke 18:35… tuflos tinos kathote para tan hodan epaitarōntos.… man was sitting beside the road, begging.