Know the Word.

Greek word

paraitéomai

παραιτέομαι

What it means

to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun

Where it comes from

from pará (παρά) and the middle voice of aitéō (αἰτέω)

How the King James translates it

  • refuse4
  • excuse1
  • avoid1
  • intreated1
  • refused1

Every place it appears 8

Luke14:18
Acts25:11
1 Timothy4:75:11
2 Timothy2:23
Hebrews12:1912:25
paraitéomai — Greek word meaning “to beg off, i.e. deprecate”