STRONGS G1871:
ἐπαιτέω,
-ῶ;
1. to ask besides, ask for more: Homer, Iliad 23, 593.
2. to ask again and again, importunately: Sophocles Oed. Tyr. 1416;
to beg, to ask alms:
Luke 16:3; [
Luke 18:35 L T Tr WH]; (
Psalm 108:10 (
Ps. 109:10); Sir. 40:28; Sophocles Oed. Col. 1364).
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