verb
prosaitamō
Strong’sG4319
I beg
stem prosait-once in the New Testament1 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.
προσ-αιτέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: Jb 27:14*;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ask besides, οὐδέν Refs 5th c.BC+; αἷμα π. demand more blood, Refs 4th c.BC+; π. μισθόν demand higher pay, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 demand or require for a purpose, ὅσους.. τὰ ἔργα προσαιτοίη Refs
II ask as well as others (i.e. for a share), and so, with accusative person, ask an alms of, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative of things, beg for a thing, βίοτον, στρατιάν, Refs 5th c.BC+: with double accusative, beg somewhat of one, Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive, beg some of.., Refs 1st c.AD+: absolutely, to be importunate, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be a beggar, Refs 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prosaitarōntosπροσαιτῶν | 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 | prosaitarōntos1×προσαιτῶν | prosaitarintos | prosaitarantos | prosaitarēntos |
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
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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
prosaitarōntos“beg”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
John 9:8… Ouk houtos atō tos kathorōntos kai prosaitarōntos?… man who used to sit and beg?”