ἐρωτάω

ἐρωτάω, -ῶ

[in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַל ;]

1. to ask, question (cl.): absol., Luk 19,31; 22,68, Joh 8,7 with accusative of person(s), Joh 9,21; 16,19, 30; 8,21; before λέγων, Matt 16,13, Luk 23,3, Joh 1,19, 21; 5,12; 9,19; 16,5; with dupl. accusative (WM, § 32, 4a), Matt 21,24, Mark 4,10, Luk 20,3, Joh 16,23 (M, Pr., 66„); with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk 9,45, Joh 18,19.

2. In late Gk. (Milligan, NTD, 51; not, as Cremer, 716, Thayer, see word, a "Hebraism"), = αἰτέω (which see), to ask, request: with accusative of person(s), Joh 14,16 before imperat., Luk 14,18-19 Fil 4,3; λέγων, Matt 15,23, Joh 12,21; before ἵνα (M, Pr., 208), Mark 7,26, Luk 7,36; 16,27, Joh 4,47; 17,15; 19,31, 38, 1 Thess 4,1, 2 Joh 5; ὅπως, Luk 7,3; 11,37, ApG 23,20; with inf., Luk 5,3; 8,37, Joh 4,40, ApG 3,3; 10,48; 23,18, 1 Thess 5,12; with accusative of person(s), before περί, Luk 4,38 Joh 17,9, 20, 1 Joh 5,16; ὑπέρ, 2 Thess 2,1-2; τὰ (WH, txt., om. τὰ) πρὸς εἰρήνην, Luk 14,32 (cf. δι-, ἐπ-ερωτάω)

SYN.: see: αἰτέω