ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ, παραιτεω
PARAITEŌ, paraiteō
Sounds Like: pah-rah-ee-TEH-oh
Translations: to beg off, to refuse, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to reject, to deprecate
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to beg off, to refuse, or to decline something. It can also imply avoiding or rejecting a person or a responsibility. In some contexts, it can mean to make an excuse or to deprecate something.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΙΤΑΙ — he refuses, she refuses, it refuses, he begs off, she begs off, it begs off, he makes excuse, she makes excuse, it makes excuse, he avoids, she avoids, it avoids
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥ — refuse, beg off, decline, avoid, reject, make excuse, ask to be excused
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