noun · neuter

eperōtēmem

Greekἐπερώτημα (eperōtēma)

Strong’sG1906

inquiry, request, appeal

stem eperōtēm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

appeal1×

What it means

** ἐπ-ερώτημα, -τος, τό

[in LXX: Da TH 4:14 (שְׁאֵלָא), Si 36(33):3 *;]

1. a question, an inquiry (Hdt., Thuc.).

2. a demand: I Pe 3:21 (v. ICC, in l).†

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

Strong’s G1906 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-er-o'-tay-mah

an inquiry

Fromfrom G1905;

King Jamesanswer.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	eperōtēmem1×ἐπερώτημα	eperōtēmeim
of, belonging to genitive	eperōtēmeu	eperōtēmeiu
to, for dative	eperōtēme	eperōtēmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

eperōtēmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

eperōtēme 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

eperōtēmem“appeal”subject or objectdirect singular1×

1 Peter 3:21“appeal”hem kai vin antitupem nun sōzatō baptismem, ouk sarxau apothesias rupou alla suneidēsiau agathau eperōtēmem eis theon, dia anastasiau Iēsu Christou,And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also — not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,