Strong's G3868
παραιτέομαι(paraitéomai)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
Derivation
from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of G154 (αἰτέω);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, παραιτέομαι is translated as: avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.