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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.]
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 Box Mat 5:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:42 - Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. 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 asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - so he promised with a vow to give her anything she wanted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 - Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Jesus answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink?”
“Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - Then his daughter, also named Herodias,[fn] came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Herod and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”
Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was an honored member of the high council, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:63

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - He motioned for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. 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 asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “You fathers—if your children ask[fn] for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 - He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans.[fn] She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 - But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 - Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7 - But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - Then you will ask in my name. I’m not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - “David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

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