Strong G523ἀπαιτέω
to demand
- Transliteration
- apaiteō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ah'ee-teh-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπ-αιτέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Deu.15:2-3, al. (נָגַשׂ), Sir.20:15, Wis.15:8, al.;]
to ask back, demand back: Luk.6:30 12:20 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.15:2-3, al. (נָגַשׂ), Sir.20:15, Wis.15:8, al.;]
to ask back, demand back: Luk.6:30 12:20 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G523 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- again1
- ask1
- require1
First verses
- Luke 6:30Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
- Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπαιτ-έω,
demand back, demand to have returned, especially of things forcibly taken or rightfully belonging to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2; εἰ μὲν βούλεσθε, αἰτῶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλεσθε, ἀπαιτῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.22)]; τὸ μισθάριον γὰρ ἂν ἀπαιτῇς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.34; τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ “BCH” 7.278 (from Tralles))]; τὴν ψυχήν[NT (NT.Luke.12.20)]; ἀ. τινά τι demand something of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.122, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 963, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 554, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.22; εὐθύνας ἀ. τινά [prev. author] 18.245; also ἀ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 362; χάριν ἀ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241a, etc.; τι παρά τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 408a18; also ἀ. δίκην ἐξ ἀδίκων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 398; λόγον ἀ. τινὰ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 599b)]; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 612d; ἀ. ὑποσχέσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a17)]: with infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 385.)]
b call down on oneself, ποινάς[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.59a (and so _middle_, [prev. work] 58a).)]
c of things, require, νοῦσοι -έουσι σικύην[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.10; περίοδος ἀ. μῆνα τρισκαιδέκατον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 16: _absolutely_, ὅταν αἱ χρεῖαι -ῶσιν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 15.1.)]
2 inquire, ἀπαιτήσομεν αὐτὸν τίνες εἰσίν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.24.)]
II passive, of things, to be demanded in payment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35.)]
II.2 of persons, have demanded of one, ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 17; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς χρέος LXX.Wis.15.8; ἀποδώσειν ὅταν ἀπαιτῆται “BGU” 1058.33 (1st c.BC))]; yield to a request, οὐκ ἀπαιτούμεσθα, answering to ἀπαιτῶ σκῆπτρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 602.)]
demand back, demand to have returned, especially of things forcibly taken or rightfully belonging to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2; εἰ μὲν βούλεσθε, αἰτῶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλεσθε, ἀπαιτῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.22)]; τὸ μισθάριον γὰρ ἂν ἀπαιτῇς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.34; τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ “BCH” 7.278 (from Tralles))]; τὴν ψυχήν[NT (NT.Luke.12.20)]; ἀ. τινά τι demand something of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.122, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 963, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 554, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.22; εὐθύνας ἀ. τινά [prev. author] 18.245; also ἀ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 362; χάριν ἀ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241a, etc.; τι παρά τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 408a18; also ἀ. δίκην ἐξ ἀδίκων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 398; λόγον ἀ. τινὰ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 599b)]; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 612d; ἀ. ὑποσχέσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a17)]: with infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 385.)]
b call down on oneself, ποινάς[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.59a (and so _middle_, [prev. work] 58a).)]
c of things, require, νοῦσοι -έουσι σικύην[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.10; περίοδος ἀ. μῆνα τρισκαιδέκατον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 16: _absolutely_, ὅταν αἱ χρεῖαι -ῶσιν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 15.1.)]
2 inquire, ἀπαιτήσομεν αὐτὸν τίνες εἰσίν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.24.)]
II passive, of things, to be demanded in payment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35.)]
II.2 of persons, have demanded of one, ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 17; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς χρέος LXX.Wis.15.8; ἀποδώσειν ὅταν ἀπαιτῆται “BGU” 1058.33 (1st c.BC))]; yield to a request, οὐκ ἀπαιτούμεσθα, answering to ἀπαιτῶ σκῆπτρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 602.)]