- Original: ἐρωτάω - Transliteration: Erotao - Phonetic: er-o-tah'-o - Definition: 1. to question 2. to ask a. to request, entreat, beg, beseech - Origin: apparently from G2046 cf G2045 - TDNT entry: 13:25,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Apparently from G2046 (compare G2045 ); to interrogate; by implication to request: - ask beseech desire intreat pray. Compare G4441 . Total KJV Occurrences: 42 • ask, 6 Luke 9:45; Joh 1:19; Joh 9:21; Joh 9:23; Joh 16:19; Joh 16:30 • asked, 10 Mat 16:13; Mar 4:10; Joh 1:21; Joh 1:25; Joh 5:12; Joh 9:2; Joh 9:15; Joh 9:19; Joh 18:19; Act 3:3 • asking, 1 Joh 8:7 • beseech, 4 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:1; 2 John 1:5 • beseeching, 1 Luke 7:3 • besought, 9 Mat 15:23; Mar 7:26; Luke 4:38; Luke 8:37; Luke 11:37; Joh 4:40; Joh 4:47; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:38 • desire, 1 Act 23:20 • desired, 4 Luke 7:36; Joh 12:21; Act 16:39; Act 18:20 • entreat, 1 Philippians 4:3 • pray, 1 1 John 5:16 • prayed, 4 Luke 5:3; Joh 4:31; Act 10:48; Act 23:18