The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἐπαιτέω

Lemmaἐπαιτέω
Citation formἐπαιτέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI beg, ask alms
Strong’sG1871
Transliterationepaitéō
Definitionto ask for
KJV glosses:--beg.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπαιτεῖν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----)Luke 16:3
ἐπαιτῶν
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-)Luke 18:35

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επαιτεω.