παραιτέομαι
paraitéomai
“to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun”
11 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to entreat; to beg off, excuse one’s self, Lk. 14:18, 19; to deprecate, entreat against, Acts 25:11; Heb. 12:19; to decline receiving, refuse, reject, 1 Tim. 4:7; 5:11; Tit. 3:10; Heb. 12:25; to decline, avoid, shun, 2 Tim. 2:23
Translated in KJV as
avoid(make) excuseintreatrefusereject
Etymology
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