ερωτωντων verb - present active passive - genitive plural masculine
erotao er-o-tah'-o: to interrogate; by implication, to request -- ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
δε conjunction
de deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
αυτων personal pronoun - genitive plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
επι preposition
epi ep-ee': meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
πλειονα adjective - accusative singular masculine - comparative or contracted
pleion pli-own: more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
χρονον noun - accusative singular masculine
chronos khron'-os: a space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay -- + years old, season, space, (often-)time(-s), (a) while.
μειναι verb - aorist active middle or passive deponent
meno men'-o: to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy) -- abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), thine own.
παρ preposition
para par-ah': near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside, (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with
αυτοις personal pronoun - dative plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
ουκ particle - nominative
ou oo: no or not -- + long, nay, neither, never, no (man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but.
επενευσεν verb - aorist active indicative - third person singular
epineuo ep-een-yoo'-o: to nod at, i.e. (by implication) to assent -- consent.
