G3868
παραιτέομαι
paraitéomai
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
Lexicon
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of G154 (αἰτέω);
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject
Usage
12 occurrences · 0 OT · 12 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- excused2 · 18%
- refuse2 · 18%
- to make excuse1 · 9%
- i refuse1 · 9%
- avoid1 · 9%
- reject1 · 9%
- intreated1 · 9%
- that ye refuse1 · 9%
- who refused him1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
παραιτοῦ2παρῃτημένον.2παραιτοῦ·2παρῃτοῦντο.1παραιτήσησθε1παραιτεῖσθαι.¶1παρῃτήσαντο1παραιτοῦμαι1παραιτησάμενοι1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.