Strong's Lexicon
G154 — αἰτέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G154 |
|---|---|
| Word: | αἰτέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | of uncertain derivation |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 70 |
| Transliteration: | aiteo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ai-teh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to ask {in genitive case} |
| KJV Renderings: | ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰτέω, (ῶ; future αἰτήσω; 1 aorist ᾔτησα; perfect ή᾿τηκα; middle, present αἰτοῦμαι; imperfect ἠτούμην future αἰτήσομαι; 1 aorist ᾐτησάμην; (from Homer down); to ask; middle to ask for oneself, request for oneself; absolutely: Jas 1:6; Mat 7:7; middle, Jas 4:3; Joh 16:26; Mar 15:8; αἰτεῖσθαι τί, Joh 15:7; Mat 14:7; Mar 6:24; Mar 10:38; Mar 11:24; Mar 15:43; 1Jn 5:14; Luk 23:52; Act 25:3; Act 25:15, etc.; αἰτεῖν with the accusative of the person to whom the request is made: Mat 5:42; Mat 6:8; Luk 6:30; αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative of the person asked for — whether to be released, Mat 27:20; Mar 15:6 (here T WH Tr marginal reading παραιτέω, which see); Luk 23:25; or bestowed as a gift; Act 13:21; αἰτεῖν τί ἀπό τίνος, Mat 20:20 L Tr text WH text; (Luk 12:20 Tr WH); 1Jn 5:15 L T Tr WH; (so αἰτεῖσθαι in Plutarch, Galb. 20) (cf. Buttmann, 149 (130)); τί παρά τίνος, Act 3:2; Mat 20:20 R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; Jas 1:5; 1Jn 5:15 R G; followed by the infinitive, Joh 4:9; middle, Act 9:2; (αἰτεῖν τί ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, Joh 14:13; Joh 16:24 (see ὄνομα, 2 e.); τί ἐν τῇ προσευχή, Mat 21:22); αἰτεῖν τινα τί, Mat 7:9; Luk 11:11; Mar 6:22; John (Joh 14:14 T but L WH Tr marginal reading brackets); Joh 16:23; ὑπέρ τίνος followed by ἵνα, Col 1:9 (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)); αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative and the infinitive, Luk 23:23; Act 3:14; only with the infinitive, Act 7:46 (ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν asked that he himself might find; others wrongly translate ᾐτήσατο desired); Eph 3:13. With the idea of demanding prominent: αἰτεῖν τί, Luk 1:63; 1Co 1:22; τινα τί, Luk 12:48; 1Pe 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. ἐρωτάω, 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." ἐρωτάω, αἰτέω and δέομαι are also compared briefy by Green, Critical Notes, etc. (on Joh 14:13; Joh 14:16), 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: ἀπαιτέω, ἐξαιτέω, ἐπαιτέω, παραιτέω (παραιτοῦμαι), προσαιτέω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
αἰτέω (ask)
Matthew 5:42
- KJV: Give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away
- GK: τω αιτούντί σε δίδου και τον θέλοντα από σου δανείσασθαι μη αποστραφής
Matthew 6:8
- KJV: Be not ye therefore like unto them for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him
- GK: μη ουν ομοιωθήτε αυτοίς οίδε γαρ ο πατήρ υμών ων χρείαν έχετε προ του υμάς αιτήσαι αυτόν
Matthew 7:7
- KJV: Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you
- GK: αιτείτε και δοθήσεται υμίν ζητείτε και ευρήσετε κρούετε και ανοιγήσεται υμίν
Matthew 7:8
- KJV: For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened
- GK: πας γαρ ο αιτών λαμβάνει και ο ζητών ευρίσκει και τω κρούοντι ανοιγήσεται
Matthew 7:9
- KJV: Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone
- GK: η τις εστιν εξ υμών άνθρωπος ον εάν αιτήση ο υιός αυτού άρτον μη λίθον επιδώσει αυτώ
Matthew 7:10
- KJV: Or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent
- GK: και εάν ιχθύν αιτήση μη όφιν επιδώσει αυτώ
Matthew 7:11
- KJV: If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him
- GK: ει ουν υμείς πονηροί όντες οίδατε δόματα αγαθά διδόναι τοις τέκνοις υμών πόσω μάλλον ο πατήρ υμών ο εν τοις ουρανοίς δώσει αγαθά τοις αιτούσιν αυτόν
Matthew 14:7
- KJV: Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask
- GK: όθεν μεθ΄ όρκου ωμολόγησεν αυτή δούναι ο εάν αιτήσηται
Matthew 18:19
- KJV: Again I say unto you That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven
- GK: πάλιν αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι εάν δύο υμών συμφωνήσωσιν επί της γης περί παντός πράγματος ου εάν αιτήσωνται γενήσεται αυτοίς παρά του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Matthew 20:20
- KJV: Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons worshipping and desiring a certain thing of him
- GK: τότε προσήλθεν αυτώ η μήτηρ των υιών Ζεβεδαίου μετά των υιών αυτής προσκυνούσα και αιτούσά τι παρ΄ αυτού
Matthew 20:22
- KJV: But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able
- GK: αποκρίθεις δε ο Ιησούς είπεν ουκ οίδατε τι αιτείσθε δύνασθε πιείν το ποτήριον ο εγώ μέλλω πίνειν και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήναι λέγουσιν αυτώ δυνάμεθα
Matthew 21:22
- KJV: And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall receive
- GK: και πάντα όσα αν αιτήσητε εν τη προσευχή πιστεύοντες λήψεσθε
Matthew 27:20
- KJV: But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus
- GK: οι δε αρχιερείς και οι πρεσβύτεροι έπεισαν τους όχλους ίνα αιτήσωνται τον Βαραββάν τον δε Ιησούν απολέσωσιν
Matthew 27:58
- KJV: He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered
- GK: ούτος προσελθών τω Πιλάτω ητήσατο το σώμα του Ιησού τότε ο Πιλάτος εκέλευσεν αποδοθήναι το σώμα
Mark 6:22
- KJV: And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced and pleased Herod and them that sat with him the king said unto the damsel Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give thee
- GK: και εισελθούσης της θυγατρός αυτής της Ηρωδιάδος και ορχησαμένης και αρεσάσης τω Ηρώδη και τοις συνανακειμένοις είπεν ο βασιλεύς τω κορασίω αίτησόν με ο εάν θέλης και δώσω σοι
Mark 6:23
- KJV: And he sware unto her Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me I will give thee unto the half of my kingdom
- GK: και ώμοσεν αυτή ότι ο εάν με αιτήσης δώσω σοι έως ημίσους της βασιλείας μου
Mark 6:24
- KJV: And she went forth and said unto her mother What shall I ask And she said The head of John the Baptist
- GK: η δε εξελθούσα είπε τη μητρί αυτής τι αιτήσομαι η δε είπε την κεφαλήν Ιωάννου του βαπτιστού
Mark 6:25
- KJV: And she came in straightway with haste unto the king and asked saying I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist
- GK: και εισελθούσα ευθέως μετά σπουδής προς τον βασιλέα ητήσατο λέγουσα θέλω ίνα μοι δως εξαυτής επί πίνακι την κεφαλήν Ιωάννου του βαπτιστού
Mark 10:35
- KJV: And James and John the sons of Zebedee come unto him saying Master we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire
- GK: και προσπορεύονται αυτώ Ιάκωβος και Ιωάννης οι υιοί Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες διδάσκαλε θέλομεν ίνα ο εάν αιτήσωμεν ποιήσης ημίν
Mark 10:38
- KJV: But Jesus said unto them Ye know not what ye ask can ye drink of the cup that I drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ουκ οίδατε τι αιτείσθε δύνασθε πιείν το ποτήριον ο εγώ πίνω και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήναι
Mark 11:24
- KJV: Therefore I say unto you What things soever ye desire when ye pray believe that ye receive and ye shall have
- GK: διά τούτο λέγω υμίν πάντα όσα αν προσευχόμενοι αιτείσθε πιστεύετε ότι λαμβάνετε και έσται υμίν
Mark 15:6
- KJV: Now at feast he released unto them one prisoner whomsoever they desired
- GK: κατά δε εορτήν απέλυεν αυτοίς ένα δέσμιον όνπερ ητούντο
Mark 15:8
- KJV: And the multitude crying aloud began to desire as he had ever done unto them
- GK: και αναβοήσας ο όχλος ήρξατο αιτείσθαι καθώς αεί εποίει αυτοίς
Mark 15:43
- KJV: Joseph of Arimathaea an honourable counsellor which also waited for the kingdom of God came and went in boldly unto Pilate and craved the body of Jesus
- GK: ήλθεν Ιωσήφ ο από Αριμαθαίας ευσχήμων βουλευτής ος και αυτός ην προσδεχόμενος την βασιλείαν του θεού τολμήσας εισήλθε προς Πιλάτον και ητήσατο το σώμα του Ιησού
Luke 1:63
- KJV: And he asked a writing table and wrote saying His name is John And they marvelled all
- GK: και αιτήσας πινακίδιον έγραψε λέγων Ιωάννης εστί το όνομα αυτού και εθαύμασαν πάντες
Luke 6:30
- KJV: Give to every man that asketh of thee and of him that taketh away thy goods ask not again
- GK: παντί δε τω αιτούντί σε δίδου και από του αίροντος τα σα μη απαίτει
Luke 11:9
- KJV: And I say unto you Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you
- GK: καγώ υμίν λέγω αίτειτε και δοθήσεται υμίν ζητείτε και ευρήσετε κρούετε και ανοιγήσεται υμίν
Luke 11:10
- KJV: For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened
- GK: πας γαρ ο αιτών λαμβάνει και ο ζητών ευρίσκει και τω κρούοντι ανοιγήσεται
Luke 11:11
- KJV: If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father will he give him a stone or if a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent
- GK: τίνα δε υμών τον πατέρα αιτήσει ο υιός άρτον μη λίθον επιδώσει αυτώ ει και ιχθύν μη αντί ιχθύος όφιν επιδώσει αυτώ
Luke 11:12
- KJV: Or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion
- GK: η και εάν αιτήση ωόν μη επιδώσει αυτώ σκορπίον