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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

παραιτέομαι

Lemmaπαραιτέομαι
Citation formπαραιτέομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI make excuse, refuse, reject
Strong’sG3868
Transliterationparaitéomai
Definitionto beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
KJV glosses:--avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject.
Derivationfrom and the middle voice of
SBLGNT occurrences10

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
παραιτεῖσθαι
verb, present, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -PMN----)Luke 14:18
παραιτησάμενοι
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-)Hebrews 12:25
παραιτήσησθε
verb, second person, aorist, middle, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AMS-P--)Hebrews 12:25
παραιτοῦ
verb, second person, present, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2PMD-S--)1 Timothy 4:7
verb, second person, present, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2PMD-S--)1 Timothy 5:11
verb, second person, present, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2PMD-S--)2 Timothy 2:23
verb, second person, present, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2PMD-S--)Titus 3:10
παραιτοῦμαι
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PMI-S--)Acts 25:11
παρῃτημένον
verb, perfect, passive, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPASM-)Luke 14:18
verb, perfect, passive, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPASM-)Luke 14:19
παρῃτήσαντο
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AMI-P--)Hebrews 12:19
παρῃτοῦντο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--)Mark 15:6

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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