ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΙΣΘΑΙ, παραιτεισθαι
PARAITEISTHAI, paraiteisthai
Sounds Like: pah-rah-ee-TEH-sthai
Translations: to beg off, to decline, to refuse, to avoid, to make excuse, to deprecate, to entreat, to ask for
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive infinitive form of the verb 'paraitéomai'. It generally means to beg off, to decline, or to refuse something, often with the implication of making an excuse or seeking to avoid a duty or situation. It can also mean to deprecate or to entreat, asking for something to be granted or for a punishment to be averted. In some contexts, it can mean to avoid or shun something. It is used to express an action that is continuous or ongoing.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 2:37
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:10
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 4:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 14:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΤΟΣ — unavoidable, inexorable, not to be entreated, unyielding, unchangeable
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΟΜΑΙ — to refuse, to reject, to beg off, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to ask for, to entreat, to deprecate
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΙ — refuse, reject, decline, beg off, avoid, excuse oneself
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having begged off, having refused, having declined, having excused oneself, having sought to avert, having deprecated
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having refused, having rejected, having begged off, having declined, having excused oneself, having avoided
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — excuse oneself, decline, refuse, reject, beg off, avoid, deprecate, entreat, ask for, make request for
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — having begged off, having refused, having declined, having excused oneself, having asked to be excused
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having refused, having rejected, having begged off, having excused oneself
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of having refused, of having declined, of having begged off, of having excused themselves, of having asked to be excused
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to beg off, to refuse, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to deprecate, to entreat, to ask for, to avert by prayer
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will ask, he will beg, he will refuse, he will decline, he will avoid, he will make excuse
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΗΣΘΕ — refuse, reject, decline, beg off, excuse yourselves, make excuse, entreat, deprecate
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — begging off, excusing oneself, refusing, declining, avoiding, entreating, deprecating
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΤΕΟΝ — one must refuse, it is necessary to decline, it is necessary to avoid, it is necessary to reject
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΣΘΑΙ — to refuse, to beg off, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to deprecate
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΑΙ — I ask for, I beg, I entreat, I make excuse, I refuse, I reject, I decline, I avoid
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕ — to refuse, to reject, to beg off, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to deprecate, to entreat, to ask for
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we beg, we ask, we entreat, we deprecate, we refuse, we decline, we avoid
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΗ — begging, entreating, asking, excusing oneself, declining, refusing, avoiding, deprecating
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — refusing, begging off, excusing oneself, avoiding, rejecting, asking to be excused
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — begging off, excusing oneself, refusing, avoiding, entreating, deprecating, one who begs off, one who excuses himself
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — of one who refuses, of one who begs off, of one who declines, of one who deprecates, of one who avoids, of one who makes excuse
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — refusing, avoiding, begging off, declining, excusing oneself, those who refuse, those who avoid
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥΜΕΝΩ — (to) him who begs off, (to) him who refuses, (to) him who excuses himself, (to) him who deprecates
- ΠΑΡΕΤΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to beg off, to decline, to refuse, to excuse oneself, to reject, to avoid, to deprecate
- ΠΑΡΗΤΕΙΤΟ — he was excusing himself, he was begging off, he was refusing, he was deprecating, he was entreating, he was asking to be excused, he was making excuse
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΜΕΘΑ — we have refused, we have rejected, we have begged off, we have declined, we have excused ourselves
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΜΕΝΟ — excused, begged off, declined, refused, rejected, avoided
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΜΕΝΟΝ — excused, having been excused, having been asked to be excused
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΣΑΜΗΝ — I begged off, I refused, I declined, I excused myself, I rejected
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they refused, they begged off, they declined, they excused themselves
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΣΑΤΟ — he begged off, he excused himself, he refused, he declined, he entreated, he deprecated
- ΠΑΡΗΤΗΤΑΙ — he has begged off, he has refused, he has declined, he has excused himself, he has rejected, he has avoided
- ΠΑΡΗΤΙΤΟ — he was excusing himself, he was begging off, he was refusing, he was rejecting, he was deprecating
- ΠΑΡΗΤΟΥΝΤΟ — they were asking for, they were begging for, they were excusing themselves, they were refusing, they were rejecting, they were deprecating
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