Strong's G3868

παραιτέομαι

Transliteration

paraitéomai

Definition

to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun

KJV usage

avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject

Derivation

from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of G154 (αἰτέω);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.