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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 71 times in 68 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:42–Act 12:20)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:42 - to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - 'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - 'Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 - Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - And Jesus answering said, 'Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, 'We are able.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - and he sware to her -- 'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, 'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - and Jesus said to them, 'Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:6 - And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:63

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - 'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - 'And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 - he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, 'How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 - but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will 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 ye 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 ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - 'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - 'In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who is over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king's;

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