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Greek verb · G154

αἰτέω

aiteoahee-teh'-o

to ask

70 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: aitéō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G154is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 38
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G154

to ask (in genitive case)

The King James renders it: ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

aiteo is rendered "to ask". It stands 70 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.

The first use

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Matthew 5:42αἰτοῦντί

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • asking9
  • do ask4
  • we shall ask4
  • you ask4
  • you may ask4
  • he will ask for3
  • is asking3
  • you shall ask3
  • asked2
  • asked for2
  • he should ask2
  • requested2

and 27 more, 70 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 70, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

38 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ᾐτήσατο6
  • αἰτήσει5
  • αἰτεῖσθε4
  • αἰτεῖτε4
  • αἰτήσητε4
  • αἰτούμενοι4
  • αἰτοῦσιν3
  • αἰτεῖσθαι2
  • αἰτείτω2
  • αἰτήσας2
  • αἰτήσωνται2
  • αἰτοῦντί2

and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AMI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural5V-AAS-2P
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-FAI-3S
  • verb · present middle, indicative · 2nd person plural4V-PMI-2P
  • verb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4V-PMP-NPM
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural3V-PAM-2P
  • verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular3V-PAP-DSM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AMI-3P
  • verb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person plural2V-AMS-3P
  • verb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IMI-3P
  • verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular2V-PAM-3S

Matthew

fourteen uses
  • Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

    Matthew 5:42

    • αἰτοῦντίaitountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

    Matthew 6:8

    • αἰτῆσαιaitesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: asking
  • Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

    Matthew 7:7

    • Αἰτεῖτεaiteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do ask
  • For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

    Matthew 7:8

    • αἰτῶνaitonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is asking
  • Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

    Matthew 7:9

    • αἰτήσειaiteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will ask for
  • Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

    Matthew 7:10

    • αἰτήσειaiteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will ask for
  • So if 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 Him!

    Matthew 7:11

    • αἰτοῦσινaitousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: asking
  • so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

    Matthew 14:7

    • αἰτήσηταιaitesetaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she shall ask
  • Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

    Matthew 18:19

    • αἰτήσωνταιaitesontaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they shall ask
  • Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

    Matthew 20:20

    • αἰτοῦσάaitousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: asking
  • “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

    Matthew 20:22

    • αἰτεῖσθεaiteistheverb · present middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you ask for
  • If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

    Matthew 21:22

    • αἰτήσητεaiteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall ask
  • But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

    Matthew 27:20

    • αἰτήσωνταιaitesontaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may ask for
  • He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

    Matthew 27:58

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: asked for

Mark

nine uses
  • When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

    Mark 6:22

    • αἴτησόνaitesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do ask
  • And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

    Mark 6:23

    • αἰτήσῃςaitesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall ask
  • Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

    Mark 6:24

    • αἰτήσωμαιaitesomaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I ask for myself
  • At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

    Mark 6:25

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she asked
  • Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”

    Mark 10:35

    • αἰτήσωμένaitesomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall ask
  • “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

    Mark 10:38

    • αἰτεῖσθεaiteistheverb · present middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you ask
  • Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

    Mark 11:24

    • αἰτεῖσθεaiteistheverb · present middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you ask
  • So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.

    Mark 15:8

    • αἰτεῖσθαιaiteisthaiverb · present middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to beg
  • Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

    Mark 15:43

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: asked for

Luke

eleven uses
  • Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

    Luke 1:63

    • αἰτήσαςaitesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having asked for
  • Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.

    Luke 6:30

    • αἰτοῦντίaitountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: is asking
  • So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

    Luke 11:9

    • αἰτεῖτεaiteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do ask
  • For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

    Luke 11:10

    • αἰτῶνaitonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

    Luke 11:11

    • αἰτήσειaiteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will ask for
  • Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

    Luke 11:12

    • αἰτήσειaiteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will ask for
  • So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

    Luke 11:13

    • αἰτοῦσινaitousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: asking
  • But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

    Luke 12:48

    • αἰτήσουσινaitesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will they ask of
  • But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

    Luke 23:23

    • αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: asking for
  • As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.

    Luke 23:25

    • ᾐτοῦντοetountoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were asking for
  • He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

    Luke 23:52

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: asked

John

eleven uses
  • “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

    John 4:9

    • αἰτεῖςaiteisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you do ask
  • Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

    John 4:10

    • ᾔτησαςetesasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have asked
  • But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”

    John 11:22

    • αἰτήσῃaiteseverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may ask
  • And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

    John 14:13

    • αἰτήσητεaiteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may ask
  • If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

    John 14:14

    • αἰτήσητέaiteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall ask
  • If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

    John 15:7

    • αἰτήσασθεaitesastheverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do yourself ask
  • You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

    John 15:16

    • αἰτήσητεaiteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may ask
  • In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

    John 16:23

    • αἰτήσητεaiteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may ask
  • Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

    John 16:24

    • ᾐτήσατεetesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have asked
    • αἰτεῖτεaiteiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do ask
  • In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

    John 16:26

    • αἰτήσεσθεaitesestheverb · future middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will ask

Acts

ten uses
  • And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

    Acts 3:2

    • αἰτεῖνaiteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask for
  • You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

    Acts 3:14

    • ᾐτήσασθεetesastheverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: requested
  • who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

    Acts 7:46

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: asked
  • and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:2

    • ᾐτήσατοetesatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: requested
  • Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

    Acts 12:20

    • ᾐτοῦντοetountoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
  • Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

    Acts 13:21

    • ᾐτήσαντοetesantoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they asked for
  • And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

    Acts 13:28

    • ᾐτήσαντοetesantoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they begged
  • Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

    Acts 16:29

    • αἰτήσαςaitesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having called for
  • to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

    Acts 25:3

    • αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: asking
  • While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

    Acts 25:15

    • αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: asking

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

    1 Corinthians 1:22

    • αἰτοῦσινaitousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ask for

Ephesians

two uses
  • So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

    Ephesians 3:13

    • αἰτοῦμαιaitoumaiverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I implore
  • Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

    Ephesians 3:20

    • αἰτούμεθαaitoumethaverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we ask

Colossians

one use
  • For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    Colossians 1:9

    • αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: asking

James

five uses
  • Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

    James 1:5

    • αἰτείτωaiteitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should ask
  • But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

    James 1:6

    • αἰτείτωaiteitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should ask
  • You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

    James 4:2

    • αἰτεῖσθαιaiteisthaiverb · present middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

    James 4:3

    • αἰτεῖτεaiteiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You ask
    • αἰτεῖσθεaiteistheverb · present middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you ask

1 Peter

one use
  • But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

    1 Peter 3:15

    • αἰτοῦντιaitountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: is asking

1 John

five uses
  • and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

    1 John 3:22

    • αἰτῶμενaitomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall ask
  • And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    1 John 5:14

    • αἰτώμεθαaitomethaverb · present middle, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall ask
  • And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

    1 John 5:15

    • αἰτώμεθαaitomethaverb · present middle, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall ask
    • ᾐτήκαμενetekamenverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have asked
  • If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

    1 John 5:16

    • αἰτήσειaiteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will ask

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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