verb

prosaitamō

Greekπροσαιτέω (prosaiteō)

Strong’sG4319

I beg

stem prosait-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

beg1×

What it means

προσ-αιτέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: Jb 27:14*;]

1. to ask besides.

2. to continue asking; hence, to importune, beg, ask alms: Jo 9:8.†

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

Strong’s G4319 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpros-ahee-teh'-o

to ask repeatedly (importune), i.e. solicit

Fromfrom G4314 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
prosaitarōtosπροσαιτῶν	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	beg	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	prosaitamō	prosaitame	prosaitami	prosaitama	prosaitamē	prosaitamelē
you 2nd person singular	prosaitasō	prosaitase	prosaitasi	prosaitasa	prosaitasē	prosaitaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prosaitatō	prosaitate	prosaitati	prosaitata	prosaitatē	prosaitatelē
we 1st person plural	prosaitanō	prosaitane	prosaitani	prosaitana	prosaitanē	prosaitanelē
ye 2nd person plural	prosaitavō	prosaitave	prosaitavi	prosaitava	prosaitavē	prosaitavelē
they 3rd person plural	prosaitalō	prosaitale	prosaitali	prosaitala	prosaitalē	prosaitalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	prosaitameiō	prosaitameia	prosaitameiē
you 2nd person singular	prosaitaseiō	prosaitaseia	prosaitaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prosaitateiō	prosaitateia	prosaitateiē
we 1st person plural	prosaitaneiō	prosaitaneia	prosaitaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	prosaitaveiō	prosaitaveia	prosaitaveiē
they 3rd person plural	prosaitaleiō	prosaitaleia	prosaitaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	prosaitasōr	prosaitasar	prosaitasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prosaitatōr	prosaitatar	prosaitatēr
ye 2nd person plural	prosaitavōr	prosaitavar	prosaitavēr
they 3rd person plural	prosaitalōr	prosaitalar	prosaitalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	prosaitamoiō	prosaitamoia
you 2nd person singular	prosaitasoiō	prosaitasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prosaitatoiō	prosaitatoia
we 1st person plural	prosaitanoiō	prosaitanoia
ye 2nd person plural	prosaitavoiō	prosaitavoia
they 3rd person plural	prosaitaloiō	prosaitaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	prosaitarō	prosaitari	prosaitara	prosaitarē

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	prosaitarōtos1×προσαιτῶν	prosaitaritos	prosaitaratos	prosaitarētos

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

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

prosait 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

Words built on the same stem

prosaitos — προσαίτης, a beggar

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prosaitarōtos“beg”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

John 9:8“beg”tois oun geitōnois kai tois theōrarōtois auton tem proterem hoti prosaitos ate legale; Ouk houtos atō tos katherōtos kai prosaitarōtos?At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”