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Lexicon :: Strong's G154 - aiteō

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αἰτέω
Transliteration
aiteō (Key)
Pronunciation
ahee-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
70x in 38 unique form(s) TR
71x in 39 unique form(s) LXX
71x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:191,30

Trench's Synonyms: xl. αἰτέω, ἐρωτάω.

Strong’s Definitions

αἰτέω aitéō, ahee-teh'-o; of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):—ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare G4441.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's G154 in the following manner: ask (48x), desire (17x), beg (2x), require (2x), crave (1x), call for (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's G154 in the following manner: ask (48x), desire (17x), beg (2x), require (2x), crave (1x), call for (1x).

  1. to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἰτέω aitéō, ahee-teh'-o; of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):—ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare G4441.
STRONGS G154:
αἰτέω, -ῶ; future αἰτήσω; 1 aorist ᾔτησα; perfect ἤτηκα; middle, present αἰτοῦμαι; imperfect ᾐτούμην future αἰτήσομαι; 1 aorist ᾐτησάμην; [from Homer down]; to ask; middle to ask for oneself, request for oneself; absolutely: James 1:6; Matthew 7:7; middle, James 4:3; John 16:26; Mark 15:8; αἰτεῖσθαι τι, John 15:7; Matthew 14:7; Mark 6:24; Mark 10:38; Mark 11:24; Mark 15:43; 1 John 5:14; Luke 23:52; Acts 25:3, 15, etc.; αἰτεῖν with the accusative of the person to whom the request is made: Matthew 5:42; Matthew 6:8; Luke 6:30; αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative of the person asked for — whether to be released, Matthew 27:20; Mark 15:6 [here T WH Tr marginal reading παραιτ., which see]; Luke 23:25; or bestowed as a gift; Acts 13:21; αἰτεῖν τι ἀπό τινος, Matthew 20:20 L Tr text WH text; [Luke 12:20 Tr WH]; 1 John 5:15 L T Tr WH; (so αἰτεῖσθαι in Plutarch, Galb. 20) [cf. Buttmann, 149 (130)]; τὶ παρά τινος, Acts 3:2; Matthew 20:20 R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; James 1:5; 1 John 5:15 R G; followed by the infinitive, John 4:9; middle, Acts 9:2; [αἰτεῖν τι ἐν τ. ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, John 14:13; John 16:24 (see ὄνομα, 2 e.); τὶ ἐν τῇ προσευχή, Matthew 21:22]; αἰτεῖν τινά τι, Matthew 7:9; Luke 11:11; Mark 6:22; John [John 14:14 T but L WH Tr marginal reading brackets]; John 16:23; ὑπέρ τινος followed by ἵνα, Colossians 1:9 [cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)]; αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative and the infinitive, Luke 23:23; Acts 3:14; only with the infinitive, Acts 7:46 (ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν he asked that he himself might find; others wrongly translate ᾐτήσατο desired); Ephesians 3:13.
With the idea of demanding prominent: αἰτεῖν τι, Luke 1:63; 1 Corinthians 1:22; τινά τι, Luke 12:48; 1 Peter 3:15.
[The constructions of this word in the Greek Bible, the Apostolic Fathers, etc., are exhibited in detail by Prof. Ezra Abbot in the North American Review for Jan. 1872, p. 182f. He there shows also (in opposition to Trench, § xl., and others) that it is not "the constant word for the seeking of the inferior from the superior," and so differing from ἐρωτάω, which has been assumed to imply 'a certain equality or familiarity between the parties'; that the distinction between the words does not turn upon the relative dignity of the person asking and the person asked; but that αἰτέω signifies to ask for something to be given not done, giving prominence to the thing asked for rather than the person, and hence is rarely used in exhortation. έρωτάω, on the other hand, is to request a person to do (rarely to give) something; referring more directly to the person, it is naturally used in exhortation, etc. The views of Trench are also rejected by Cremer, 4te Aufl. under the word. The latter distinguishes αἰτέω from similar words as follows: "αἰτέω denotes the request of the will, ἐπιθυμέω that of the sensibilities, δέομαι the asking of need, while ἐρωτάω marks the form of the request, as does εὔχεσθαι also, which in classic Greek is the proper expression for a request directed to the gods and embodying itself in prayer." έρωτάω, αἰτέω and δέομαι are also compared briefy by Green, Critical Notes, etc. (on John 14:13, 16), who concludes of ἐρωτάω "it cannot serve to indicate directly any peculiar position, absolute or relative, of the agent. The use of the word may, therefore, be viewed as having relation to the manner and cast of the request, namely, when carrying a certain freedom of aim and bearing; a thing inseparable from the act of direct interrogation"; cf. further Schmidt, chapter 7. Compare: ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ- (-μαι), προσαιτέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:42; 6:8; 7:7; 7:9; 14:7; 20:20; 20:20; 21:22; 27:20
Mark
6:22; 6:24; 10:38; 11:24; 15:6; 15:8; 15:43
Luke
1:63; 6:30; 11:11; 12:20; 12:48; 23:23; 23:25; 23:52
John
4:9; 14:13; 14:13; 14:14; 14:16; 15:7; 16:23; 16:24; 16:26
Acts
3:2; 3:14; 7:46; 9:2; 13:21; 25:3; 25:15
1 Corinthians
1:22
Ephesians
3:13
Colossians
1:9
James
1:5; 1:6; 4:3
1 Peter
3:15
1 John
5:14; 5:15; 5:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G154 matches the Greek αἰτέω (aiteō),
which occurs 70 times in 67 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:42–Act 13:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:42 - “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 -

“[fn]Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - “For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - “Or if he asks for a fish, will [instead] give him a snake?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - “If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 -

“Again I say to you, that if two [fn]believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 -

Then [Salome] the [fn]mother of Zebedee’s children [James and John] came up to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down [in respect], asked a favor of Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup [of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They answered, “We are able.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - “And whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus [so that he might bury Him], and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - Now [Salome] the daughter of Herodias came in and danced [for the men]. She pleased and beguiled Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the [fn]girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give it to you; [fn]up to half of my kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And Herodias replied, “The head of John the Baptist!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - And she rushed back to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 -

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism [of suffering and death] with which I am baptized?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - “For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent and respected member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God—and he courageously dared to go in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:63

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - “Give to everyone who asks of you. [fn]Whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 -

“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - “For everyone who [fn]keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - “Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - “If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - but the one who did not know it and did things worthy of a beating, will receive only a few [lashes]. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But they were insistent and unrelenting, demanding with loud voices that Jesus be crucified. And their voices began to prevail and accomplish their purpose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed over Jesus to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 - this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - The Samaritan woman asked Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a [fn]Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 - “Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give to You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - “And I will do whatever you ask in My name [[fn]as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 - “If you ask Me anything in My name [as My representative], I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7 - “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - “In that day you will not [need to] ask Me about anything. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name [as My representative], He will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - “Until now you have not asked [the Father] for anything in My name; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be full and complete.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - “In that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf [because it will be unnecessary];

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called [fn]Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - “But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the [fn]God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and he asked for letters [of authority] from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there belonging to [fn]the Way [believers, followers of Jesus the Messiah], men and women alike, he could arrest them and bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.

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Now Herod [Agrippa I] was [fn]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, [fn]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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