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αἰτέω

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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)
Gloss: 
to ask, ask for (of other humans or God), demand
Definition: 
to ask, request; demand; desire, Acts 7:46

Greek-English Concordance for αἰτέω

Acts 13:28 And though they found no crime deserving death, they asked (ētēsanto | ᾐτήσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) Pilate to have him executed.
Acts 16:29 Then, calling (aitēsas | αἰτήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) for lights, the jailer rushed in and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.
Acts 25:3 and asking (aitoumenoi | αἰτούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) him to do them a favor against Paul; they urged Festus to transfer him to Jerusalem, for they were forming a plot to kill him along the way.
Acts 25:15 When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking (aitoumenoi | αἰτούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) for a guilty verdict against him.
1 Corinthians 1:22 For Jews demand (aitousin | αἰτοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) signs and Greeks are looking for wisdom,
Ephesians 3:13 I (aitoumai | αἰτοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) ask (aitoumai | αἰτοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings on your behalf, which are your glory.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to the one who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask (aitoumetha | αἰτούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) or imagine, according to the power that is working within us,
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, we from the day we heard about you, we have not ceased praying for you and asking (aitoumenoi | αἰτούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual
James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask (aiteitō | αἰτείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) God, who gives to everyone generously, not demanding something in return, and it will be given to him.
James 1:6 But he must ask (aiteitō | αἰτείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) in faith without doubting, for the doubter is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
James 4:2 You desire and do not have; you murder and envy and cannot obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do (aiteisthai | αἰτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) not ask (aiteisthai | αἰτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ).
James 4:3 You ask (aiteite | αἰτεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) and do not receive because you (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl) ask (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl) for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures.
1 Peter 3:15 but in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord, being ready at all times to make a defense to all who ask (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) you for (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) a word concerning the hope that is in you.
1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask (aitōmen | αἰτῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence we have as we approach him: that if we (aitōmetha | αἰτώμεθα | pres mid subj 1 pl) ask (aitōmetha | αἰτώμεθα | pres mid subj 1 pl) anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 John 5:15 And if we know that he hears us regarding whatever we ask (aitōmetha | αἰτώμεθα | pres mid subj 1 pl), we know that we have the requests that we have asked (ētēkamen | ᾐτήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) of him.
1 John 5:16 If someone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should ask (aitēsei | αἰτήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) and God will give him life — to those whose sins do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

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