Greek - English Dictionary
G3868 - Refuse
| Strong's No.: | G3868 |
| Greek: | παραιτέομαι |
| Transliteration: | paraiteomai |
| Phonetic: | par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee |
| Word Origin: | From G3844 and the middle of G154 |
| Bible Usage: | avoid (make) excuse intreat refuse reject. |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to beg off that is deprecate: decline shun |
| Thayers Definition: | 1. to ask along side, beg to have near one a. to obtain by entreaty b. to beg from, to ask for, supplicate 2. to avert by entreaty or seek to avert, to deprecate a. to entreat that ... not b. to refuse, decline c. to shun, avoid d. to avert displeasure by entreaty 1. to beg pardon, crave indulgence, to excuse 2. of one excusing himself for not accepting a wedding invitation to a feast |
| Bible References:
Refuse |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
avoid ( 1 )
entreated ( 1 )
excuse ( 1 )
excused ( 2 )
refuse ( 4 )
refused ( 1 )
reject ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.