παραιτέομαι paraitéomai

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: avoid, (make) excuse, intreat, refuse, reject

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

Where it is used

• Mark 15:6 Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
• Luke 14:18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
• Luke 14:19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
• Acts 25:11 If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
• 1 Timothy 4:7 But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
• 1 Timothy 5:11 But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
• 2 Timothy 2:23 But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
• Titus 3:10 Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
• Hebrews 12:19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
• Hebrews 12:25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?