παραιτέομαι

παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι

[in LXX for בָּקַשׁ pi., etc. ;]

1. to beg of or from another: Mark 15,6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43).

2. to deprecate;

(a) prop., with neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.): Hebr 12,19

(b) to refuse, decline, avoid: o. accusative, 1 Tim 4,7; 5,11, 2 Tim 2,23, Tit 3,10, Hebr 12,25 (EV; but see Field, Notes, 234).

3. to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) : Luk 14,18-19 (Hebr 12,25, Field, l.with).†