King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4319
Transliteration: prosaiteō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-ahee-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ask besides
Meaning: to ask besides
προσαιτέω, προσαίτω;
Word Summary
prosaiteō: to ask besides
Original Word: προσαιτέωTransliteration: prosaiteō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-ahee-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ask besides
Meaning: to ask besides
Strong's Concordance
beg. From pros and aiteo; to ask repeatedly (importune), i.e. Solicit -- beg.
see GREEK pros
see GREEK aiteo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4319: προσαιτέωπροσαιτέω, προσαίτω;
1. to ask for in addition ((see πρός, IV. 2); Pindar, Aeschylus, others).
2. to approach one with supplications (German anbetteln (to importune; cf. πρός, IV. 4)), to ask alms ((Herodotus), Xenophon, Aristophanes, Euripides, Plutarch, others): Mark 10:46 R G L; Luke 18:35 (where L T Tr WH have ἐπαιτῶν); John 9:8. STRONGS NT 4319a: προσαίτηςπροσαίτης, προσαιτου, ὁ, a beggar: Mark 10:46 T Tr WH; John 9:8 (where for the Rec. τυφλός). (Plutarch, Lucian, (Diogenes Laërtius 6, 56.)