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)
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G154 — αἰτέω
aiteō · to ask · Greek
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Matthew 5:42 · αἰτοῦντίto him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.Matthew 6:8 · αἰτῆσαιbe ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;Matthew 7:7 · Αἰτεῖτε,‘Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;Matthew 7:8 · αἰτῶνfor every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.Matthew 7:9 · αἰτήσει‘Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf—a stone will he present to him?Matthew 7:10 · αἰτήσει,and if a fish he may ask—a serpent will he present to him?Matthew 7:11 · αἰτοῦσινif, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?Matthew 14:7 · αἰτήσηται.whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.Matthew 18:19 · αἰτήσωνται,‘Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask—it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,Matthew 20:20 · αἰτοῦσάThen came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,Matthew 20:22 · αἰτεῖσθε.And Jesus answering said, ‘Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?’ They say to him, ‘We are able.’Matthew 21:22 · αἰτήσητεand all—as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’Matthew 27:20 · αἰτήσωνταιAnd the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;Matthew 27:58 · ᾐτήσατοhe having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.Mark 6:22 · αἴτησόνand the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, ‘Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,’Mark 6:23 · αἰτήσῃςand he sware to her—‘Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee—unto the half of my kingdom.’Mark 6:24 · αἰτήσωμαι;And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, ‘What shall I ask for myself?’ and she said, ‘The head of John the Baptist;’Mark 6:25 · ᾐτήσατοand having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, ‘I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.’Mark 10:35 · αἰτήσωμένAnd there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, ‘Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;’Mark 10:38 · αἰτεῖσθε.and Jesus said to them, ‘Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with—to be baptized?’Mark 11:24 · αἰτεῖσθε,Because of this I say to you, all whatever—praying—ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.Mark 15:8 · αἰτεῖσθαιAnd the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,Mark 15:43 · ᾐτήσατοJoseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.Luke 1:63 · αἰτήσαςand having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, ‘John is his name;’ and they did all wonder;Luke 6:30 · αἰτοῦντί‘And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;Luke 11:9 · αἰτεῖτε,and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;Luke 11:10 · αἰτῶνfor every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.Luke 11:11 · αἰτήσει‘And of which of you—the father—if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?Luke 11:12 · αἰτήσειand if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?Luke 11:13 · αἰτοῦσινIf, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!’Luke 12:48 · αἰτήσουσινand he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.Luke 23:23 · αἰτούμενοιAnd they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,Luke 23:25 · ᾐτοῦντο·and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.Luke 23:52 · ᾐτήσατοhe, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,John 4:9 · αἰτεῖςthe Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, ‘How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?’ for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.John 4:10 · ᾔτησαςJesus answered and said to her, ‘If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.’John 11:22 · αἰτήσῃbut even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;’John 14:13 · αἰτήσητεand whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;John 14:14 · αἰτήσητέif ye ask anything in my name I will do it.John 15:7 · αἰτήσασθε,if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.John 15:16 · αἰτήσητε‘Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.John 16:23 · αἰτήσητεand in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;John 16:24 · ᾐτήσατε · αἰτεῖτεtill now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.John 16:26 · αἰτήσεσθε·‘In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,Acts 3:2 · αἰτεῖνand a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,Acts 3:14 · ᾐτήσασθεand ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you,Acts 7:46 · ᾐτήσατοwho found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;Acts 9:2 · ᾐτήσατοdid ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.Acts 12:20 · ᾐτοῦντοAnd Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who is over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king’s;Acts 13:21 · ᾐτήσαντοand thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;Acts 13:28 · ᾐτήσαντοand no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,Acts 16:29 · αἰτήσαςAnd, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,Acts 25:3 · αἰτούμενοιasking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.Acts 25:15 · αἰτούμενοιabout whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,1 Corinthians 1:22 · αἰτοῦσινSince also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,Ephesians 3:13 · αἰτοῦμαιwherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.Ephesians 3:20 · αἰτούμεθαand to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,Colossians 1:9 · αἰτούμενοιBecause of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,James 1:5 · αἰτείτωand if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;James 1:6 · αἰτείτωand let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,James 4:2 · αἰτεῖσθαιye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;James 4:3 · αἰτεῖτε · αἰτεῖσθε,ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it.1 Peter 3:15 · αἰτοῦντιand the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;1 John 3:22 · αἰτῶμενand whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,1 John 5:14 · αἰτώμεθαAnd this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,1 John 5:15 · αἰτώμεθα, · ᾐτήκαμενand if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.1 John 5:16 · αἰτήσειIf any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;