Lexical Summary eperōtaō: to inquire of Original Word: ἐπερωτάωTransliteration: eperōtaō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-er-o-tah'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to inquire of Meaning: to inquire of Strong's Concordance ask questions, demand, desire. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek -- ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question. see GREEK epi see GREEK erotao Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1905: ἐπερωτάωἐπερωτάω, ἐπερωτῶ; imperfect ἐπηρώτων; future ἐπερωτήσω; 1 aorist ἐπηρώτησα; 1 aorist passive participle ἐπερωτηθείς; the Sept. mostly for שָׁאַל, sometimes for דָּרַשׁ; 1. to accost one with an inquiry, put a question to, inquire of, ask, interrogate (ἐπί directive, uniformly in the N. T.; Meyer on Mark 11:29 (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): τινα, Mark 9:32; Mark 12:34; Matthew 22:46; Luke 2:46; 1 Corinthians 14:35; John 18:21 R G; τινα τί, ask one anything, Mark 7:17 L T Tr WH; 2. by a usage foreign to the Greeks, to address one with a request or demand; to ask of or demand of one: followed by the infinitive Matthew 16:1 (so ἐπερωτᾶν τινα τί, Hebrew שָׁאַל, in Psalm 136:3 |