In its New Testament usage, this verb means to lend or grant someone temporary use of something they need. The lexicon's epic citations show older meanings like 'fall upon,' 'attack,' or 'conceive a desire,' but Luke 11:5 employs the term in its more developed sense of lending. The parable context—a friend asking to borrow bread at midnight—illustrates the principle of persistent prayer through the analogy of neighborly obligation. Though the verb could carry forceful connotations in Homer, here it simply describes the act of lending out resources to meet another's urgent need.