G1871
ἐπαιτέω
to ask/beg
ἐπ-αιτέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Psa_109:10 (H7592) Sir_40:28 * ;] __1. to ask besides. __2. to beg (as a mendicant; cf. MM, Exp., xiv): Luk.16:3 18:35 (Cremer, 74).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1871 in the following manner:
beg (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἐπαιτέω — epaitéō
ἐπαιτέω, ἐπαίτω;
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: Luk 16:3; (Luk 18:35 L T Tr WH); (Psa 108:10; Sir 40:28; Sophocles Oed. Col. 1364).
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