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Lexicon :: Strong's G154 - aiteō

Aa
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
71x in 28 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxMat 5:42 - “Give G1325 to him who asks G154 of you, and do not turn G654 away G654 from him who wants G2309 to borrow G1155 from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “So G3767 do not be like G3666 them; for your Father G3962 knows G6063 what G3739 you need G5532 before G4253 you ask G154 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 -

“[fn]Ask G154, and it will be given G1325 to you; [fn]seek G2212, and you will find G2147; [fn]knock G2925, and it will be opened G455 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - “For everyone G3956 who asks G154 receives G2983, and the one who seeks G2212 finds G2147, and to the one who knocks G2925 it will be opened G455.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - “Or G2228 what G5101 person G444 is there among G1537 you [fn]who G3739, when G3739 his son G5207 asks G154 for a loaf G740 of G740 bread G740, [fn]will give G1929 him a stone G3037?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - “Or G2228 [fn]if G2532 he asks G154 for a fish G2486, he will not give G1929 him a snake G3789, will he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - “So G3767 if G1487 you, despite being G1510 [fn]evil G4190, know G6063 how G6063 to give G1325 good G18 gifts G1390 to your children G5043, how G4214 much G4214 more G3123 will your Father G3962 who is in heaven G3772 give G1325 good G18 things G18 to those G3588 who ask G154 Him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - so G3606 much that G3606 he promised G3670 with an oath G3727 to give G1325 her whatever G3739 G1437 she asked G154.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 -

“Again G3825 I say G3004 to you, that if G1437 two G1417 of you agree G4856 on earth G1093 about G4012 anything G3956 G4229 that they may ask G154, it shall be done G1096 for them [fn]by My Father G3962 who is in heaven G3772.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 -

Then G5119 the mother G3384 of the [fn]sons G5207 of Zebedee G2199 came G4334 to [fn]Jesus with her sons G5207, bowing G4352 down G4352 and making G154 a request G154 of Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Jesus G2424 replied G611 G3004, “You do not know G6063 what G5101 you are asking G154. Are you able G1410 to drink G4095 the cup G4221 that I am G3195 about G3195 to G3195 drink G4095?” They *said G3004 to Him, “We are able G1410.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - “And whatever G3745 G302 you ask G154 in prayer G4335, believing G4100, you will receive G2983 it all G3956.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - But the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 persuaded G3982 the crowds G3793 to ask G154 for Barabbas G912, and to put G622 Jesus G2424 to G622 death G622.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - This G3778 man G3778 went G4334 to Pilate G4091 and asked G154 for the body G4983 of Jesus G2424. Then G5119 Pilate G4091 ordered G2753 it to be given G591 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and when the daughter G2364 of Herodias G2266 herself G846 came G1525 in G1525 and danced G3738, she pleased G700 Herod G2264 and [fn]his dinner G4873 guests G4873; and the king G935 said G3004 to the girl G2877, “Ask G154 me for whatever G3739 G1437 you want G2309, and I will give G1325 it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - And he swore G3660 to her, “Whatever G3739 G1437 you ask G154 of me, I will give G1325 it to you, up to half G2255 of my kingdom G932.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - And she went G1831 out G1831 and said G3004 to her mother G3384, “What G5101 shall I ask G154 for?” And she said G3004, “The head G2776 of John G2491 the Baptist G907.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - Immediately G2117 she came G1525 in G1525 a hurry G4710 to the king G935 and asked G154, saying G3004, “I want G2309 you to give G1325 me at once G1824 the head G2776 of John G2491 the Baptist G910 on a platter G4094.”

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[fn]James G2385 and John G2491, the two G1417 sons G5207 of Zebedee G2199, *came G4365 up G4365 to [fn]Jesus, saying G3004 to Him, “Teacher G1320, we want G2309 You to do G4160 for us whatever G3739 G1437 we ask G154 of You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “You do not know G6063 what G5101 you are asking G154. Are you able G1410 to drink G4095 the cup G4221 that I drink G4095, or G2228 to be baptized G907 with the baptism G908 with which G3739 I am baptized G907?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - “Therefore G1223 G3778, I say G3004 to you, all G3956 things G3956 for which G3745 you pray G4336 and ask G154, believe G4100 that you have received G2983 them, and they will be granted to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - And the crowd G3793 went G305 up G305 and began G757 asking G154 Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do G4160 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Joseph G2501 of Arimathea G707 came G2064, a prominent G2158 member G1010 of G1010 the G1010 Council G1010, who G3739 was himself G846 also G2532 waiting G4327 for the kingdom G932 of God G2316; and he gathered G5111 up G5111 courage G5111 and went G1525 in G1525 before G4314 Pilate G4091, and asked G154 for the body G4983 of Jesus G2424.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - And he asked G154 for a tablet G4093 and wrote G1125 [fn]as follows G3004, “His name G3686 is John G2491.” And they were G2296 all G3956 amazed G2296.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - “Give G1325 to everyone G3956 who asks G154 of you, and whoever takes G142 away G142 what G3588 is yours G4674, do not demand G523 it back G523.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 -

“So G2532 I say G3004 to you, [fn]ask G154, and it will be given G1325 to you; [fn]seek G2212, and you will find G2147; [fn]knock G2925, and it will be opened G455 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - “For everyone G3956 who asks G154 receives G2983, and the one who seeks G2212 finds G2147, and to the one who knocks G2925, it will be opened G455.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “Now G1161 [fn]which G5101 one G5101 of you fathers G3962 will his son G5207 ask G154 for a [fn]fish G2486, and instead G473 of G473 a fish G2486, he will give G1929 him a snake G3789?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - “Or G2228 he will even G2532 ask G154 for an egg G5609, and his father will give G1929 him a scorpion G4651?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - “So G3767 if G1487 you, despite being G5225 [fn]evil G4190, know G6063 how G6063 to give G1325 good G18 gifts G1390 to your children G5043, how G4214 much G4214 more G3123 will [fn]your heavenly G1537 G3772 Father G3962 give G1325 the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 to those G3588 who ask G154 Him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - but the one who did not know G1097 it, and committed G4160 acts deserving G514 of [fn]a beating G4127, will receive G1194 only a few G3641 blows G1194. From everyone G3956 who G3739 has been given G1325 much G4183, much G4183 will be demanded G2212; and to whom G3739 they entrusted G3908 much G4183, of him they will ask G154 all G4055 the G4055 more G4055.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But they were insistent G1945, with loud G3173 voices G5456, demanding G154 that He be crucified G4717. And their voices G5456 began to prevail G2729.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released G630 the man G3588 for whom G3739 they were asking G154, who had been thrown G906 into prison G5438 for a revolt G4714 and murder G5408; but he handed G3860 Jesus G2424 over G3860 to their will G2307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 - this G3778 man G3778 went G4334 to Pilate G4091 and asked G154 for the body G4983 of Jesus G2424.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - So G3767 the Samaritan G4542 woman G1135 *said G3004 to Him, “How G4459 is it that You, though You are a Jew G2453, are asking G154 me for a drink G4095, though I am G1510 a Samaritan G4542 woman G1135?” (For Jews G2453 do G4798 not associate G4798 with G4798 Samaritans G4541.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus G2424 replied G611 G3004 to her, “If G1487 you knew G6063 the gift G1431 of God G2316, and who G5101 it is who is saying G3004 to you, ‘Give G1325 Me a drink G4095,’ you would have asked G154 Him, and He would have given G1325 you living G2198 water G5204.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 - “Even G2532 now G3568 I know G6063 that whatever G3745 G302 You ask G154 of God G2316, God G2316 will give G1325 You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - “And whatever G3739 you ask G154 in My name G3686, this G3778 I will do G4160, so G2443 that G2443 the Father G3962 may be glorified G1392 in the Son G5207.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 - “If G1437 you ask G154 Me anything G5100 in My name G3686, I will do G4160 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7 - “If G1437 you remain G3306 in Me, and My words G4487 remain G3306 in you, ask G154 whatever G3739 G1437 you wish G2309, and it will be done G1096 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - “You did not choose G1586 Me but I chose G1586 you, and appointed G5087 you that you would go G5217 and bear G5342 fruit G2590, and that your fruit G2590 would remain G3306, so G2443 that G2443 whatever G3739 G5100 G302 you ask G154 of the Father G3962 in My name G3686 He may give G1325 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - “And on that day G2250 you will not question G2065 Me about anything G5100. Truly G281, truly G281 I say G3004 to you, if G302 you ask G154 the Father G3962 for anything G5100 in My name G3686, He will give G1325 it to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - “Until G2193 now G737 you have asked G154 for nothing G3762 in My name G3686; ask G154 and you will receive G2983, so G2443 that G2443 your joy G5479 may be made G4137 full G4137.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - “On that day G2250 you will ask G154 in My name G3686, and I am not saying G3004 to you that I will request G2065 of the Father G3962 on G4012 your behalf G4012;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - And a man G435 who had been G5225 unable G5560 to G5560 walk G5560 from [fn]birth G3384 G2836 was being carried G941, whom G3739 they used to set G5087 down G5087 every G2596 day G2250 at the gate G2374 of the temple G2413 which is called G3004 Beautiful G5611, in order for him to beg G154 for charitable G1654 gifts G1654 from those G3588 entering G1531 the temple G2413 grounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - “But you disowned G720 the Holy G40 and Righteous G1342 One G1342, and asked G154 for a murderer G5406 to be granted G5483 to you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - “[fn]David found G2147 favor G5485 in G1799 God’s G2316 sight G1799, and asked G154 that he might [fn]find G2147 a dwelling G4638 place G4638 for the [fn]house G3624 of Jacob G2384.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked G154 for letters G1992 from him to the synagogues G4864 in Damascus G1154, so G3704 that G3704 if G1437 he found G2147 any G5100 belonging G1510 to [fn]the Way G3598, whether G5037 men G435 or G2532 women G1135, he might bring G71 them in shackles G1210 to Jerusalem G2419.

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Now G1161 he was very G2371 angry G2371 with the people of Tyre G5183 and Sidon G4606; and with one G3661 mind G3661 they came G3918 to him, and having won G3982 over G3982 Blastus G986 the king’s G935 chamberlain G1909 G2846, they were asking G154 for peace G1515, because G1223 their country G5561 was supported G5142 with grain from the king’s G937 country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “Then G2532 they asked G154 for a king G935, and God G2316 gave G1325 them Saul G4549 the son G5207 of Kish G2797, a man G435 of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin G958, for forty G5062 years G2094.

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