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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 2 / 2 (Act 13:21–1Jo 5:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - And afterward they desired G154 a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they G154 Pilate that he should be slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:29 - Then he called G154 for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - And desired G154 favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15 - About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring G154 to have judgment against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 - For the Jews require G154 a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - Wherefore I desire G154 that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:20 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask G154 or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire G154 that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask G154 of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:6 - But let him ask G154 in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:2 - Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask G154 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:3 - Ye ask, G154 and receive not, because ye ask G154 amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh G154 you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:22 - And whatsoever we ask, G154 we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:14 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask G154 any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:15 - And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, G154 we know that we have the petitions that we desired G154 of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:16 - If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, G154 and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

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