4319 - prosaiteo

Strong's Concordance

Original word: προσαιτέω
Transliteration: prosaiteo
Definition (short): beg
Definition (full): to ask besides

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From pros and aiteo; to ask repeatedly (importune), i.e. Solicit -- beg.

see GREEK pros

see GREEK aiteo

KJV: And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
NASB: Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.
KJV: The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
NASB: Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?"