αἰτέω aiteō

Greek word for “to ask” · Strong’s G154 · used 70 times in 67 verses

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Meaning

αἰτέω, -ῶ; to ask, request: absol.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for aiteō in context, with how often each is used:

• asking 12
• shall ask 9
• ask 6
• do ask 5
• will ask for 4
• asked for 4
• may ask 4
• ask for 3
• have asked 3
• asked 2
• asking for 2
• will ask 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 7 (5), Luke 11 (5), Mark 6 (4), Luke 23 (3), John 16 (3), 1 John 5 (3), Matthew 20 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 15 (2)

Forms

• ᾐτήσατο 6
• αἰτήσει 5
• αἰτεῖσθε 4
• αἰτήσητε 4
• αἰτούμενοι 4
• αἰτοῦσιν 3
• αἰτεῖτε 3
• αἰτοῦντί 2
• αἰτῶν 2
• αἰτήσωνται 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aiteō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 18
• ἐάν ean “if” 12
• πατήρ patēr “father” 9
• κρούω krouō “to knock” 4
• ἐπιδίδωμι epididōmi “to give/deliver” 4
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 7
• ζητέω zēteō “to seek” 6
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 7
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 7
• οἶδα oida “to know” 7
• ἄν an “if” 6
• παρά para “from/with/beside” 6

Key verses

The verses using aiteō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
• John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he…
• John 14:13 — And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• Ephesians 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
• Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all…
• James 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• 1 Peter 3:15 — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness…
• 1 John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• 1 John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
• 1 John 5:16 — If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.