Greek word · G4319
προσαιτέω
prosaiteō
to beg
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
προσ-αιτέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job 27:14 * ;]
1. to ask besides.
2. to continue asking; hence, to importune, beg, ask alms: John 9:8.†
(AS)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
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Where it appears
John · 1
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John 9:8 προσαιτῶν; begging?
At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Here: "Asking for alms". Together with "sitting" it was the label people knew him by. They identify him by his old role, not by name.
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