Prosaitéō — G4319

Definition

verb

to ask repeatedly (importune), i.e. solicit

1. to ask for in addition
2. to approach one with supplications (German anbetteln ), to ask alms

Usually translated as

beg

Origin

from G4314 and G154

• prós (G4314)
• aitéō (G154)

Occurrences

Prosaitéō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Luke (1), John (1)

• Mark 10:46 — And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging (προσαιτῶν).
• Luke 18:35 — And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging (προσαιτῶν):
• John 9:8 — The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged (προσαιτῶν)?