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παραιτέομαι

Transliteration: paraiteomai · verb

12x in NTFirst: Mark 15:6
MeaningI make excuse, refuse, reject
Part of speechverb
Frequency12x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsπαρῃτοῦντο, παραιτεῖσθαι, παρῃτημένον, παραιτοῦμαι, παραιτοῦ, παρῃτήσαντο, παραιτήσησθε, παραιτησάμενοι
Example versesMark 15:6 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 14:19 · Acts 25:11 · 1Tim 4:7
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What kind of word is παραιτέομαι?

παραιτέομαι (paraiteomai) is a verb that occurs 12 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “I make excuse, refuse, reject” and first appears in Mark 15:6.

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