What does ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma) mean in the Bible?
ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma): Question demanding a response; in 1 Peter 3:21, carries sense of formal pledge or appeal to God.
Greek · G1906
ἐπερώτημα
An inquiry
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ἐπερώτημαG1906
Pronunciationeperṓtēma
What does ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma) mean in the Bible?
ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma): Question demanding a response; in 1 Peter 3:21, carries sense of formal pledge or appeal to God.
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How does the BSB render G1906?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the] pledge of (1).
Where does ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 3:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] pledge of1×1 Peter 3:21
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First aligned row1 Peter 3:21
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Peter1
Source forms
ἐπερώτημα1xeperōtēma1 Peter 3:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1x1 Peter 3:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Question demanding a response; in 1 Peter 3:21, carries sense of formal pledge or appeal to God.
Strong'sG1906
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an inquiry
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Question demanding a response; in 1 Peter 3:21, carries sense of formal pledge or appeal to God.
1a question, au inquiry (Hdt., Thuc.).
2a demand: 1Pe.3:21 (see ICC, in l).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 3:21Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἐπερώτημαeperwthma
inquiry, request, appeal
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter1 Pet 3:211×
Word Origins
ἐπερώτημα is built from this root: