ἐρωτάω

ἐρωτῶ ((infinitive ἐρωτᾶν L T Tr, ἐρωτᾶν R G WH; see Iota); imperfect 3 person plural ἠρώτων and (in Mt 15:23 L T Tr WH, Mk 4:10 Tdf.) ἠρώτουν, cf. Buttmann, 44 (38); (Winers Grammar, 85 (82); Tdf. Proleg., p. 122; Sophocles Lexicon, p. 41; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Mullach, Griech. Vulgarspr., p. 252); future ἐρωτήσω; 1 aorist ἠρώτησα; the Sept. for שָׁאַל; to ask, i. e.:
1. as in Greek writings from Homer down to question: absolutely, Lk 22:68; Jn 8:7 (R); τινα, Jn 9:21; Jn 16:19, Jn 16:30; (Jn 18:21 where Rec. ἐπερωτᾷς), etc.; with the addition of λέγων and the words of the questioner: Mt 16:13; Lk 19:31 (om. λέγων; T Tr WH); Jn 1:19, Jn 1:21; Jn 5:12; Jn 9:19; Jn 16:5; τινα τί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a.), Mt 21:24; Mk 4:10; Lk 20:3; Jn 16:23 (others refer this to 2); τινα περί τίνος, Lk 9:45 (Lachmann, ἐπερωτῆσαι); Jn 18:19.
2. to ask i. e. to request, entreat, beg, beseech, after the Hebrew שָׁאַל, in a sense very rare in secular authors (Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 14 (but here the text is uncertain; substitute Antiquities 7, 8, 1; cf. Dr. Ezra Abbot in No. American Rev. for 1872, p. 173 note); Babrius fab. (42, 3); 97, 3; Apoll. synt., p. 289, 20; cf. Winer's Grammar, pp. 30 and 32): τινα, Jn 14:16; with the addition of λέγων and the words of the asker, Mt 15:23; Jn 12:21; followed by imperative alone (Buttmann, 272f (234)), Lk 14:18; Phm 4:3; followed by ἵνα (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 8 a.; R. 237 (204)), Mk 7:26; Lk 7:36; Lk 16:27; Jn 4:47; Jn 17:15; Jn 19:31, Jn 19:38; 2 Jn 1:5; 1 Thess 4:1; by ὅπως, Lk 7:3; Lk 11:37; Acts 23:20; by the infinitive (Buttmann, 258 (222); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (315)), Lk 5:3; Lk 8:37; Jn 4:40; Acts 3:3; Acts 10:48; Acts 23:18; 1 Thess 5:12; τινα περί τίνος, Lk 4:38; Jn 16:9, Jn 16:20; 1 Jn 5:16; ὑπέρ τίνος (followed by εἰς with an infinitive; cf. Buttmann, 265 (228)), 2 Thess 2:1f; ἐρωτᾶν τά (WH text omits τά) πρός εἰρήνην (see εἰρήνη, 1), Lk 14:32. (Synonym: see αἰτέω, at the end. Compare: διερωτάω, ἐπερωτάω.)