Strong's 154: αἰτέω
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:
James 1:6;
Matthew 7:7; middle,
James 4:3;
John 16:26;
Mark 15:8;
αἰτεῖσθαιτί,
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
παραιτέω, which see);
Luke 23:25; or bestowed as a gift;
Acts 13:21;
αἰτεῖντίἀπότίνος,
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));
τίπαράτίνος,
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; (
αἰτεῖντίἐντῷὀνόματιΧριστοῦ,
John 14:13;
John 16:24 (see
ὄνομα, 2 e.);
τίἐντῇπροσευχή,
Matthew 21:22);
αἰτεῖντινατί,
Matthew 7:9;
Luke 11:11;
Mark 6:22; John (
John 14:14 T but L WH Tr marginal reading brackets);
John 16:23;
ὑπέρτίνος 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 (
ᾐτήσατοεὑρεῖν asked that he himself might find; others wrongly translate
ᾐτήσατο desired);
Ephesians 3:13. With the idea of
demanding prominent:
αἰτεῖντί,
Luke 1:63;
1 Corinthians 1:22;
τινατί,
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.
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
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:
ἀπαιτέω,
ἐξαιτέω,
ἐπαιτέω,
παραιτέω (
παραιτοῦμαι),
προσαιτέω.)
Strong's Greek: 154. αἰτέω (aiteó) — 70 Occurrences
Matthew 5:42 - V-PPA-DMS
GRK:τῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δός
NAS: Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away
KJV: Give to him that asketh thee, and
INT: To him who asks of you give
Matthew 6:8 - V-ANA
GRK:τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν
NAS: you need before you ask Him.
KJV: before ye ask him.
INT: you ask him
Matthew 7:7 - V-PMA-2P
GRK:Αἰτεῖτε καὶ δοθήσεται
NAS:Ask, and it will be given
KJV:Ask, and it shall be given
INT:Ask and it will be given
Matthew 7:8 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK:γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ
NAS: For everyone who asks receives,
KJV: every one that asketh receiveth;
INT: indeed who asks receives and
Matthew 7:9 - V-FIA-3S
GRK:ἄνθρωπος ὃν αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς
NAS: his son asks for a loaf,
KJV: his son ask bread, will he give
INT: a man who should ask the son
Matthew 7:10 - V-FIA-3S
GRK:καὶ ἰχθὺν αἰτήσει μὴ ὄφιν
NAS: if he asks for a fish,
KJV: Or if he ask a fish, will he give
INT: also a fish he should ask not a serpent
Matthew 7:11 - V-PPA-DMP
GRK:ἀγαθὰ τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν
NAS: what is good to those who ask Him!
KJV: give good things to them that ask him?
INT: good things to them that ask him
Matthew 14:7 - V-ASM-3S
GRK:ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσηται
NAS: to give her whatever she asked.
KJV: her whatsoever she would ask.
INT: whatever if she should ask
Matthew 18:19 - V-ASM-3P
GRK:οὗ ἐὰν αἰτήσωνται γενήσεται αὐτοῖς
NAS: anything that they may ask, it shall be done
KJV: that they shall ask, it shall be done
INT: that if they shall ask it will be done to them
Matthew 20:20 - V-PPA-NFS
GRK:προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι ἀπ'
NAS: bowing down and making a request of Him.
KJV: [him], and desiring a certain
INT: kneeling down and asking something from
Matthew 20:22 - V-PIM-2P
GRK:οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε δύνασθε πιεῖν
NAS: what you are asking. Are you able
KJV: not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink
INT: You know what you ask for Are you able to drink
Matthew 21:22 - V-ASA-2P
GRK:ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῇ
NAS: And all things you ask in prayer,
KJV: whatsoever ye shall ask in
INT: as many as anyhow you might ask in
Matthew 27:20 - V-ASM-3P
GRK:ὄχλους ἵνα αἰτήσωνται τὸν Βαραββᾶν
NAS: the crowds to ask for Barabbas
KJV: that they should ask Barabbas,
INT: crowds that they should ask for Barabbas
Matthew 27:58 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:τῷ Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα
NAS: to Pilate and asked for the body
KJV: to Pilate, and begged the body
INT: to Pilate asked for the body
Mark 6:22 - V-AMA-2S
GRK:τῷ κορασίῳ Αἴτησόν με ὃ
NAS: to the girl, Ask me for whatever
KJV: unto the damsel, Ask of me
INT: to the girl Ask me whatever
Mark 6:23 - V-ASA-2S
GRK:ἐάν με αἰτήσῃς δώσω σοι
NAS: to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give
KJV: Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me,
INT: if me you might ask I will give you
Mark 6:24 - V-ASM-1S
GRK:αὐτῆς Τί αἰτήσωμαι ἡ δὲ
NAS: What shall I ask for? And she said,
KJV: What shall I ask? And
INT: of her What shall I ask moreover
Mark 6:25 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:τὸν βασιλέα ᾐτήσατο λέγουσα Θέλω
NAS: to the king and asked, saying,
KJV: the king, and asked, saying,
INT: the king she asked saying I desire
Mark 10:35 - V-ASA-1P
GRK:ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμέν σε ποιήσῃς
NAS: for us whatever we ask of You.
KJV: for us whatsoever we shall desire.
INT: whatever if we might ask you you would do
Mark 10:38 - V-PIM-2P
GRK:οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε δύνασθε πιεῖν
NAS: what you are asking. Are you able
KJV: not what ye ask: can ye drink
INT: You know what you ask Are you able to drink
Mark 11:24 - V-PIM-2P
GRK:προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε πιστεύετε ὅτι
NAS: you pray and ask, believe
KJV: soever ye desire, when ye pray,
INT: praying also you ask believe that
Mark 15:8 - V-PNM
GRK:ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἐποίει
NAS: up and began asking him [to] [do] as he had been accustomed to do
KJV: began to desire [him to do] as
INT: crowd began to beg [him to do] as usually he did
Mark 15:43 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα
NAS: Pilate, and asked for the body
KJV: Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
INT: Pilate and asked for the body
Luke 1:63 - V-APA-NMS
GRK:καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν
NAS:And he asked for a tablet and wrote
KJV: And he asked for a writing table,
INT: And having asked for a writing tablet he wrote
Luke 6:30 - V-PPA-DMS
GRK:παντὶ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου
NAS: to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away
KJV: to every man that asketh of thee;
INT: To every one [who] asks you give
Luke 11:9 - V-PMA-2P
GRK:ὑμῖν λέγω αἰτεῖτε καὶ δοθήσεται
NAS: I say to you, ask, and it will be given
KJV: unto you, Ask, and
INT: to you say Ask and it will be given
Luke 11:10 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK:γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ
NAS: For everyone who asks, receives;
KJV: every one that asketh receiveth;
INT: indeed that asks receives and
Luke 11:11 - V-FIA-3S
GRK:τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς
NAS: of you fathers is asked by his son
KJV: If a son shall ask bread of any of you
INT: who [is] a father will ask for the son
Luke 11:12 - V-FIA-3S
GRK:ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν ἐπιδώσει
NAS: Or [if] he is asked for an egg,
KJV: if he shall ask an egg,
INT: or also he should ask an egg will he give
Luke 11:13 - V-PPA-DMP
GRK:ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν
NAS: Spirit to those who ask Him?
KJV: the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
INT: [the] Holy to those that ask him
Luke 12:48 - V-FIA-3P
GRK:πολύ περισσότερον αἰτήσουσιν αὐτόν
NAS: much, of him they will ask all the more.
KJV: much, of him they will ask the more.
INT: much the more will they ask of him
Luke 23:23 - V-PPM-NMP
GRK:φωναῖς μεγάλαις αἰτούμενοι αὐτὸν σταυρωθῆναι
NAS: voices asking that He be crucified.
KJV: voices, requiring that he
INT: with voices loud asking for him to be crucified
Luke 23:25 - V-IIM-3P
GRK:φυλακὴν ὃν ᾐτοῦντο τὸν δὲ
NAS: And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown
KJV: whom they had desired; but
INT: prison whom they asked for and
Luke 23:52 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:τῷ Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα
NAS: to Pilate and asked for the body
KJV: unto Pilate, and begged the body
INT: to Pilate begged [for] the body
John 4:9 - V-PIA-2S
GRK:ἐμοῦ πεῖν αἰτεῖς γυναικὸς Σαμαρίτιδος
NAS: a Jew, ask me for a drink
KJV: being a Jew, askest drink of
INT: me to drink do ask a woman Samaritan
John 4:10 - V-AIA-2S
GRK:σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας αὐτὸν καὶ
NAS: Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given
KJV: thou wouldest have asked of him, and
INT: you anyhow would have asked him and
John 11:22 - V-ASM-2S
GRK:ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσῃ τὸν θεὸν
NAS: that whatever You ask of God,
KJV: whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,
INT: whatever anyhow you might ask God
John 14:13 - V-ASA-2P
GRK:ὅτι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ
NAS: Whatever you ask in My name,
KJV: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my
INT: whatever anyhow you might ask in the
John 14:14 - V-ASA-2P
GRK:ἐάν τι αἰτήσητέ με ἐν
NAS: If you ask Me anything in My name,
KJV: If ye shall ask any thing in
INT: If anything you ask me in
John 15:7 - V-AMM-2P
GRK:ἐὰν θέλητε αἰτήσασθε καὶ γενήσεται
NAS: abide in you, ask whatever
KJV: in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
INT: if you will you shall ask and it will come to pass
John 15:16 - V-ASA-2P
GRK:ὅτι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα
NAS: that whatever you ask of the Father
KJV: whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father
INT: whatever anyhow you might ask the Father
John 16:23 - V-ASA-2P
GRK:ἄν τι αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα
NAS: to you, if you ask the Father
KJV: Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
INT: anyhow whatever you might ask the Father
John 16:24 - V-AIA-2P
GRK:ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν
NAS: now you have asked for nothing
KJV: Hitherto have ye asked nothing in
INT: presently not you asked nothing in
John 16:24 - V-PMA-2P
GRK:ὀνόματί μου αἰτεῖτε καὶ λήμψεσθε
NAS: in My name; ask and you will receive,
KJV: my name: ask, and ye shall receive,
INT: name of me ask and you will receive
John 16:26 - V-FIM-2P
GRK:ὀνόματί μου αἰτήσεσθε καὶ οὐ
NAS: In that day you will ask in My name,
KJV: that day ye shall ask in my
INT: name of me you will ask and not
Acts 3:2 - V-PNA
GRK:Ὡραίαν τοῦ αἰτεῖν ἐλεημοσύνην παρὰ
NAS: Beautiful, in order to beg alms
KJV: is called Beautiful, to ask alms of
INT: Beautiful to ask alms from
Acts 3:14 - V-AIM-2P
GRK:ἠρνήσασθε καὶ ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα φονέα
NAS: and Righteous One and asked for a murderer
KJV: and desired a murderer
INT: denied and requested a man a murderer
Acts 7:46 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:θεοῦ καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα
NAS: sight, and asked that he might find
KJV: God, and desired to find a tabernacle
INT: God and asked to find a tabernacle
Acts 9:2 - V-AIM-3S
GRK:ᾐτήσατο παρ' αὐτοῦ
NAS:and asked for letters
KJV:And desired of him
INT:asked from him
Acts 12:20 - V-IIM-3P
GRK:τοῦ βασιλέως ᾐτοῦντο εἰρήνην διὰ
NAS: chamberlain, they were asking for peace,
KJV: their friend, desired peace;
INT: of the king sought peace because
Acts 13:21 - V-AIM-3P
GRK:κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα καὶ
NAS: Then they asked for a king, and God
KJV: And afterward they desired a king: and
INT: And then they asked for a king and
Acts 13:28 - V-AIM-3P
GRK:θανάτου εὑρόντες ᾐτήσαντο Πιλᾶτον ἀναιρεθῆναι
NAS: ground for [putting Him to] death, they asked Pilate
KJV: of death [in him], yet desired they Pilate
INT: of death having found they begged Pilate to put to death
Acts 16:29 - V-APA-NMS
GRK:αἰτήσας δὲ φῶτα
NAS:And he called for lights and rushed
KJV: Then he called for a light,
INT:Having asked for moreover lights
Acts 25:3 - V-PPM-NMP
GRK:αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ'
NAS:requesting a concession against
KJV:And desired favour against
INT:asking a favor against
Acts 25:15 - V-PPM-NMP
GRK:τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἰτούμενοι κατ' αὐτοῦ
NAS: against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation
KJV: informed [me], desiring [to have] judgment
INT: of the Jews asking against him
1 Corinthians 1:22 - V-PIA-3P
GRK:Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖα αἰτοῦσιν καὶ Ἕλληνες
NAS: Jews ask for signs
KJV: For the Jews require a sign, and
INT: Jews a sign ask for and Greeks
Ephesians 3:13 - V-PIM-1S
GRK:Διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ ἐνκακεῖν
NAS: Therefore I ask you not to lose heart
KJV: Wherefore I desire that ye faint not
INT: Therefore I implore [you] not to faint
Ephesians 3:20 - V-PIM-1P
GRK:ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν
NAS: beyond all that we ask or think,
KJV: all that we ask or think,
INT: exceedingly above what we ask or think
Colossians 1:9 - V-PPM-NMP
GRK:προσευχόμενοι καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε
NAS: to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled
KJV: and to desire that
INT: praying and asking that you might be filled with
James 1:5 - V-PMA-3S
GRK:λείπεται σοφίας αἰτείτω παρὰ τοῦ
NAS: wisdom, let him ask of God,
KJV: lack wisdom, let him ask of God,
INT: lacks wisdom let him ask from who
James 1:6 - V-PMA-3S
GRK:αἰτείτω δὲ ἐν
NAS:But he must ask in faith without any
KJV: But let him ask in faith,
INT:let him ask however in
James 4:2 - V-PNM
GRK:τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς
NAS: because you do not ask.
KJV: because ye ask not.
INT: not ask you
James 4:3 - V-PIA-2P
GRK:αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ
NAS:You ask and do not receive, because
KJV:Ye ask, and receive
INT:You ask and not
James 4:3 - V-PIM-2P
GRK:διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε ἵνα ἐν
NAS: because you ask with wrong motives,
KJV: not, because ye ask amiss, that
INT: because wrongly you ask that in
1 Peter 3:15 - V-PPA-DMS
GRK:παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον
NAS: to everyone who asks you to give an account
KJV: to every man that asketh you
INT: to everyone that asks you an account
1 John 3:22 - V-PSA-1P
GRK:ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν λαμβάνομεν ἀπ'
NAS: and whatever we ask we receive
KJV: And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
INT: whatever if we might ask we receive from
1 John 5:14 - V-PSM-1P
GRK:ἐάν τι αἰτώμεθα κατὰ τὸ
NAS: Him, that, if we ask anything
KJV: that, if we ask any thing according
INT: if anything we might ask according to the
1 John 5:15 - V-PSM-1P
GRK:ὃ ἐὰν αἰτώμεθα οἴδαμεν ὅτι
NAS: us [in] whatever we ask, we know
KJV: us, whatsoever we ask, we know that
INT: whatever if we might ask we know that
1 John 5:15 - V-RIA-1P
GRK:αἰτήματα ἃ ᾐτήκαμεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ
NAS: which we have asked from Him.
KJV: the petitions that we desired of him.
INT: requests which we have asked from him
1 John 5:16 - V-FIA-3S
GRK:πρὸς θάνατον αἰτήσει καὶ δώσει
NAS: not [leading] to death, he shall ask and [God] will for him give
KJV: death, he shall ask, and
INT: to death he will ask and he will give
