ἐπερωτάω

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 Mk 11:29 (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): τινα, Mk 9:32; Mk 12:34; Mt 22:46; Lk 2:46; 1 Cor 14:35; Jn 18:21 R G; τινα τί, ask one anything, Mk 7:17 L T Tr WH; ; Lk 20:40; τινα περί τίνος, one about a thing, Mk 7:17 R G; (Lk 9:45 Lachmann) (Herodotus 1, 32; Demosthenes 1072, 12); followed by λέγων with the words used by the questioner, Mt 12:10; Mt 17:10; Mk 9:11; Mk 12:18; Lk 3:10, Lk 3:14; Lk 20:27; Lk 23:3 (R G L), and often in the Synoptic Gospels; followed by εἰ, whether, Mk 8:23; Mk 15:44; Lk 23:6; or some other form of the indirect question, Acts 23:34; ἐπηρώτων λέγοντες (L T Tr WH omit λέγοντες), τίς εἴη, Lk 8:9; ἐπερωτᾶν Θεόν to consult God (Num 23:3; Josh 9:20 (14); Judg 1:1; Judg 18:5; Isa 19:3, etc.; Thucydides 1, 118 (etc.)), hence, to seek to know God's purpose and to do his will, Rom 10:20 from Isa 65:1.
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 Mt 16:1 (so ἐπερωτᾶν τινα τί, Hebrew שָׁאַל, in Ps 136:3; (this sense is disputed by some; see Zezschwitz as referred to at end of next word; cf. Weiss on Matthew, the passage cited, and see ἐρωτάω, 2)).