παραιτέομαι

paraiteomai
to refuse/excuse
Strong’s G3868Verb12 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

do refuse3
excused2
they were requesting1
to excuse themselves1
i do refuse1
do reject1
they excused themselves1
you may refuse1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX for בָּקַשׁ pi., etc. ;]
1. to beg of or from another: Mrk.15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43).
2. to deprecate;
(a) prop., with neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.): Heb.12:19;
(b) to refuse, decline, avoid: o. accusative, 1Ti.4:7 5:11, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:10, Heb.12:25 (EV; but see Field, Notes, 234).
3. to beg off, ask to be excused, excuse (Polyb., al.) : Luk.14:18-19 (Heb.12:25, Field, l.with).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.