ἐρωτάω erōtaō

Greek word for “to ask” · Strong’s G2065 · used 63 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

ἐρωτάω, -ῶ; 1. to ask, question (cl.): absol., 22:68, with accusative of person(s), 16:19, 30 8:21;

How it is translated

Glosses given for erōtaō in context, with how often each is used:

• asking 13
• asked 13
• ask 5
• implore 5
• will ask 4
• do ask 3
• beg 2
• asks 2
• shall ask 2
• may ask 2
• imploring 1
• questioning 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 16 (5), John 9 (4), Luke 14 (3), John 1 (3), John 4 (3), John 17 (3), Luke 7 (2), John 18 (2), John 19 (2), Acts 23 (2)

Forms

• ἐρωτῶ 9
• ἠρώτησαν 8
• ἠρώτων 7
• ἠρώτησεν 6
• ἠρώτα 5
• ἐρωτήσω 5
• ἐρωτᾷ 5
• ἐρωτᾷς 2
• Ἐρωτῶμεν 2
• ἠρώτουν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with erōtaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• περί peri “about” 13
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 6
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 6
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 6
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 4
• πῶς pōs “how?!” 4
• νῦν nun “now” 4
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 5
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 4
• Πιλᾶτος Pilatos “Pilate” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 5

Key verses

The verses using erōtaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
• Luke 8:37 — Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into…
• Luke 14:18 — And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have…
• John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
• John 16:23 — And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
• John 17:9 — I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
• John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
• Acts 1:6 — When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
• Philippians 4:3 — And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye…
• 1 Thessalonians 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
• 1 John 5:16 — If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.