Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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