1871. epaiteo -- to beg
... ep-ahee-teh'-o) Short Definition: I beg, ask alms Definition: I beg, am a beggar,
ask alms. 1871 (from , "upon" intensifying , "ask") -- properly, asking, ie . ...
/greek/1871.htm - 6kJohn 9:8
The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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Acts 3:2
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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