Gloss
to ask, ask for (of other humans or God), demand
Forms of the word
Dictionary
αἰτέω
Greek transliteration
aiteō
Simplified transliteration
aiteo
Principal Parts
αἰτήσω, ᾔτησα, ῃ[τηκα, ᾔτημαι, -
Numbers
Strong's number
154
GK Number
160
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
70
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for αἰτέω
| Matthew 5:42 | Give to the one who asks (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) of you, and do not turn down the one who wants to borrow from you. |
| Matthew 6:8 | Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask (aitēsai | αἰτῆσαι | aor act inf ) him. |
| Matthew 7:7 | “Ask (aiteite | αἰτεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened for you. |
| Matthew 7:8 | For everyone who asks (aitōn | αἰτῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks it will be opened. |
| Matthew 7:9 | Or is there any man among you who, if his son should ask (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) for (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) bread, would give him a stone? |
| Matthew 7:10 | Or if he (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) should (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) ask (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) for (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) a fish, would give him a snake? |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask (aitousin | αἰτοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) him! |
| Matthew 14:7 | So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked (aitēsētai | αἰτήσηται | aor mid subj 3 sg). |
| Matthew 18:19 | “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask (aitēsōntai | αἰτήσωνται | aor mid subj 3 pl), it will be done for you by my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 20:20 | Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, and kneeling down she asked (aitousa | αἰτοῦσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) something from him. |
| Matthew 20:22 | Jesus answered, saying, “You do not realize what you are asking (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl). Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” |
| Matthew 21:22 | And whatever you ask (aitēsēte | αἰτήσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.” |
| Matthew 27:20 | But the ruling priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask (aitēsōntai | αἰτήσωνται | aor mid subj 3 pl) for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. |
| Matthew 27:58 | This man approached Pilate and asked (ētēsato | ᾐτήσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. |
| Mark 6:22 | When the daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner companions. The king said to the young girl, “Ask (aitēson | αἴτησον | aor act imperative 2 sg) me for (aitēson | αἴτησον | aor act imperative 2 sg) whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” |
| Mark 6:23 | And he promised her insistently with an oath, “Whatever you ask for (aitēsēs | αἰτήσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg), I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.” |
| Mark 6:24 | So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask (aitēsōmai | αἰτήσωμαι | aor mid subj 1 sg) for?” And her mother said, “The head of John the baptizer.” |
| Mark 6:25 | And immediately, entering with haste to the king, she asked (ētēsato | ᾐτήσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) him, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the baptizer on a platter.” |
| Mark 10:35 | Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” (aitēsōmen | αἰτήσωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) |
| Mark 10:38 | But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl). Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” |
| Mark 11:24 | For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl) for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. |
| Mark 15:8 | And coming up, the crowd began to ask (aiteisthai | αἰτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) Pilate to do as he usually did for them. |
| Mark 15:43 | Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who also himself was expecting the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked (ētēsato | ᾐτήσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) for the body of Jesus. |
| Luke 1:63 | He asked (aitēsas | αἰτήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished. |
| Luke 6:30 | To all who ask (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) of you, give, and from the one who takes away what belongs to you, do not demand it back. |
