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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)
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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.]
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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 you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will 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, who will give him a serpent?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on eretz concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 - Then the mother of the sons of Zavdai came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Yeshua answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?" They said to him, "We are able."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - Now the chief Kohanim and the Zakenim persuaded the multitudes to ask for Bar-Abba, and destroy Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - This man went to Pilate, and asked for Yeshua's body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me 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 - He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, 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?" She said, "The head of Yochanan the immerser."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of Yochanan the immerser on a platter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - Ya`akov and Yochanan, the sons of Zavdai, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Yeshua said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Yosef of Ramatayim, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Yeshua's body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:63

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is Yochanan." They all marveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Ruach HaKodesh to those who ask him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief Kohanim prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Yeshua up 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 Yeshua's body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - The Shomroni woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Yehudi, ask for a drink from me, a Shomroni woman?" (For Yehudim have no dealings with Shomroni.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Yeshua answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

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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 you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 - If you will ask anything in my name, 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, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

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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 don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Yafeh, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for 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 in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Ya`akov.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Dammesek, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tzor and Tzidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for shalom, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Sha'ul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years.

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