Strong G154αἰτέω

to ask

Transliteration: aiteō
Pronunciation: ahee-teh'-o
Morphology: Greek Verb

Definition

Of uncertain derivation; to ask (in generally): - ask beg call for crave desire require. Compare G4441 .

Detailed definition

αἰτέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁאל;]
to ask, request: absol., Mat.7:7, Jas.1:6; with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:42, Luk.6:30; with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Mat.20:20, 1Jn.5:15; id. before παρά, Act.3:2, Jas.1:5; with dupl. accusative Mat.7:9, Mrk.6:22, Jhn.16:23. Mid. (on the distinction bet. mid. and act., see M, Pr., 160): absol., Mrk.15:8, Jhn.16:26, Jas.4:3; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.14:7, Mrk.6:24, al.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:20, Luk.23:25; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Act.9:2; with accusative and inf., Luk.23:23. with inf. Act.7:46, Eph.3:13 (cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προσ- αιτέω).
SYN.: ἐρωτάω, which see, πυνθάνομαι. On the proper distinction between these words, see Tr., Syn., § xl, Thayer, see word αἰ. In late Gk., however, αἰ. and ἐ. seem to have become practically synonymous (cf. Act.3:2,3; see Field, Notes, 101 f.; M, Th., I, 4:1; M, Pr., 66.n; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G154 appears in 68 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ask40
desire17
asketh5
beg2
require2
askest1
call1
crave1

First verses

Matthew 5:42
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Matthew 7:11
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?
Matthew 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
Matthew 18:19
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.
Matthew 20:20
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
Matthew 20:22
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.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew 27:58
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Mark 6:22
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 it thee.
Mark 6:23
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
Mark 6:24
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Mark 6:25
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.
Mark 10:35
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.
Mark 10:38
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?

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αἰτ-έω
(Aeolic dialect αἴτημι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 155, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.5))], Ionic dialect imperfect αἴτεον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus:)]future αἰτήσω: aorist ᾔτησα: perfect ᾔτηκα[NT (NT.1John.5.15)]: pluperfect ᾐτήκει[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.15.5:)]perfect passive ᾔτημαι, etc.:—ask, beg, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.49, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 341.)]
2 mostly with accusative of things, ask for, demand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.358, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.365, etc.)]; ὁδὸν αἰ. ask leave to depart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.17)]; αἰ. τινί τι to ask something for one,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.74, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.17)]: with accusative person et of things, ask a person for a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.295, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.387, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, etc.)]; δίκας αἰ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for.., [NT+6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114; αἰ. τι πρός τινος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 556; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.16; τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ τήκαμεν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ NT.1John.5.15.)]
3 with accusative person et infinitive, ask one to do, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.173, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1334, “Ant.” 65, etc.; αἰ. παρά τινος δοῦναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 398e.)]
4 with accusative only, beg of, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.49.)]
5 in Logic, postulate, assume, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 41b9 (_passive_), “Top.” 163a6, etc.)]
II middle, ask for one's own use, claim, Λύσανδρον ἄρχοντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.59)]; frequently almost = the active, and with the same construct., first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90)] (παρ-),[Refs 4th c.BC+ (9.34, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 822, etc.; αἰτεῖσθαί τινα ὅπως.. Antiphol. 12 codices)]; πάλαισμα μἠποτε λῦσαι θεὸν αἰτοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 880)]; frequently absolutely in participle, αἰτουμένῳ μοι δός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 480, compare 2, “Th.” 260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 63; αἰτουμένη που τεύξεται [prev. author] “Ant.” 778; αἰτησάμενος ἐχρήσατο 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.27; οὐ πῦρ γὰρ αἰτῶν, οὐδὲ λοπάδ᾽ αἰτούμενος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 476)]; αἰτεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τινος to beg for one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.22.)]
III passive, of persons, have a thing begged of one, αἰτηθέντες χρήματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97, etc.; αἰτεύμενος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.63)]: with infinitive, to be asked to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).5.)]
III.2 of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.112)]; ἵπποι ᾐτημένοι borrowed horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.12.)]