G3868 · παραιτέομαι
paraitéomai · refuse, excuse, avoid
G3868 (paraitéomai) is the Greek word παραιτέομαι in Strong’s dictionary: to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun. It appears 12 times in 10 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- παραιτέομαι (Greek)
- Transliteration
- paraitéomai
- Derivation
- from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of G154 (αἰτέω);
- Definition
- to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
- Rendered in the KJV
- avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
12 occurrences in 10 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “excuse” ×2
- “reject” ×2
- “I do not refuse” ×1
- “Reject” ×1
- “beg that” ×1
- “of their choosing” ×1
- “refuse to enroll” ×1
- “to make excuses” ×1
By book
Mark 1 · Luke 2 · Acts 1 · 1 Timothy 2 · 2 Timothy 1 · Titus 1 · Hebrews 2
Verses
- Mark 15:6
- Luke 14:18
- Luke 14:19
- Acts 25:11
- 1 Timothy 4:7
- 1 Timothy 5:11
- 2 Timothy 2:23
- Titus 3:10
- Hebrews 12:19
- Hebrews 12:25
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G3868.