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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
72x in 28 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

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 71 times in 68 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:42–Act 12:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:42 -

“Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 -

“Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 -

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door[fn] will be opened to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 -

“For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 -

“Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 -

“Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 -

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 -

So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 -

“Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you[fn] pray for, it will be done for you[fn] by my Father in heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 -

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 -

Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? ”[fn]

“We are able,” they said to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 -

“And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 -

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 -

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then Pilate ordered that it[fn] be released.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 -

When Herodias’s own daughter[fn] came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 -

He promised her with an oath: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 -

She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for? ”

“John the Baptist’s head,” she said.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 -

At once she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter immediately.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 -

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 -

Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 -

“Therefore I tell you, everything you pray and ask for ​— ​believe that you have received[fn] it and it will be yours.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:6 -

At the festival Pilate used to release for the people a prisoner whom they requested.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 -

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 -

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 -

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 -

“Give to everyone who asks you, and from someone who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 -

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 -

“For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 -

“What father among you, if his son[fn] asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 -

“Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 -

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 -

“But the one who did not know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 -

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified, and their voices[fn] won out.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 -

and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 -

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 -

“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? ” she asked him. For Jews do not associate with[fn] Samaritans.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 -

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 -

“Yet even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 -

“Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 -

“If you ask me[fn] anything in my name, I will do it.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7 -

“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 -

“You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 -

“In that day you will not ask me anything. Truly I tell you, anything you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 -

“Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 -

“On that day you will ask in my name, and I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 -

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 -

“You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 -

“He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God[fn] of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 -

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 -

Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.


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