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Strong's #154 - αἰτέω
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αἰτ-έω
(Aeol. αἴτημι Pi. Fr. 155, Theoc. 28.5), Ion. impf. αἴτεον Hdt.: fut. αἰτήσω: aor. ᾔτησα: pf. ᾔτηκα 1 John 5:15 : plpf. ᾐτήκει Arr. An. 6.15.5: pf. Pass. ᾔτημαι, etc.: —
I
1. ask, beg, abs., Od. 18.49, A. Supp. 341.
2. mostly c. acc. rei, ask for, demand, Il. 5.358, Od. 17.365, etc.; ὁδὸν αἰ. ask leave to depart, Od. 10.17; αἰ. τινί τι to ask something for one, 20.74, Hdt. 5.17: c. acc. pers. et rei, ask a person for a thing, Il. 22.295, Od. 2.387, Hdt. 3.1, etc.; δίκας αἰ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for.., Hdt. 8.114; αἰ. τι πρός τινος Thgn. 556; παρά τινος X. An. 1.3.16; τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ τήκαμεν παρ' αὐτοῦ 1 John 5:15.
3. c. acc. pers. et inf., ask one to do, Od. 3.173, S. OC 1334, Ant. 65, etc.; αἰ. παρά τινος δοῦναι Pl. Erx. 398e.
4. c. acc. only, beg of, D.L. 6.49.
5. in Logic, postulate, assume, Arist. APr. 41b9 (Pass.), Top. 163a6, etc.
II Med., ask for one's own use, claim, Λύσανδρον ἄρχοντα Lys. 12.59; freq. almost = the Act., and with the same construct., first in Hdt. 1.90 (παρ-), 9.34, A. Pr. 822, etc.; αἰτεῖσθαί τινα ὅπως.. Antiphol. 12 codd.; πάλαισμα μἠποτε λῦσαι θεὸν αἰτοῦμαι S. OT 880; freq. abs. in part., αἰτουμένψ μοι δός A. Ch. 480, cf. 2, Th. 260, S. Ph. 63; αἰτουμένη που τεύξεται Id. Ant. 778; αἰτησάμενος ἐχρήσατο Lys. 19.27; οὐ πῦρ γὰρ αἰτῶν, οὐδὲ λοπάδ' αἰτούμενος Men. 476; αἰτεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τινος to beg for one, Lys. 14.22.
III Pass., of persons,
1. have a thing begged of one, αἰτηθέντες χρήματα Hdt. 8.111, cf. Th. 2.97, etc.; αἰτεύμενος Theoc. 14.63: c. inf., to be asked to do a thing, Pi. I. 8(7).5.
2. of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον Hdt. 8.112; ἵπποι ᾐτημένοι borrowed horses, Lys. 24.12.
αἰτέω , -ῶ ,,
[in LXX chiefly for H7592;]
to ask, request: absol., Matthew 7:7, James 1:6; c. acc pers., Matthew 5:42, Luke 6:20; c. acc rei, seq. ἀπό , Matthew 20:20, 1 John 5:15; id. seq. παρά , Acts 3:2, James 1:5; c. dupl. acc, Matthew 7:9, Mark 6:22, John 16:23. Mid. (on the distinction bet, mid, and act., v. M, Pr., 160): absol., Mark 15:8, John 16:26, James 4:3; c. acc rei, Matthew 14:7, Mark 6:24, al.; c. acc pers., Matthew 27:20, Luke 23:25; c. acc rei, seq. παρά , Acts 9:2; c. acc inf., Luke 23:23; c. inf., Acts 7:46, Ephesians 3:13 (cf. ἀπ -, ἐξ -, ἐπ -, παρ -, προσ -αιτέω ).
SYN.: ἐρωτάω G2065, q.v., πυνθάνόμαι G4441. On the proper distinction between these words, v. Tr., Syn., § xl, Thayer, s.v. αἰ . In late Gk., however, αἰ . and ἐ . seem to have become practically synonymous (cf. Acts 3:2-3; v. Field, Notes, 101 f.; Μ , Th., I, 4:1; M, Pr., 6611; MM, VGT, s.v.).
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The ordinary meaning of this word ";to make a request,"; ";to ask for something"; is borne out by the papyri, e.g. P Fay 109.12 (early i/A.D.) αἴτησον Σάραν τὰς τοῦ (δραχμὰς) ι ̄β ̄, ";ask Saras for the twelve (silver) drachmae."; In ib. 121.12 ff. (c. A.D. 100) it is construed with the accusative of the thing and παρά, τὸ δ ̣[έρ ] μ ̣α τοῦ μόσχου οὗ ἐθ ̣υ ̣[σ ]αμεν αἴτησον πα ̣[ρὰ τοῦ ] κύρτου βυρσέως, ";ask the hunchbacked tanner for the hide of the calf that we sacrificed"; (Edd.) : cf. Acts 3:2. See further s.v. ἐρωτάω, and for the distinction between active and middle Proleg., p. 160 f. If the middle connotes a greater degree of earnestness, it is natural that it should be more frequent than the active, as for example in the phrases αἰτούμενος λόγον δηλῶ. . . (P Hamb I. 6.8 (A.D. 129), αἰτούμενος. . . ὀνόματα. . . δίδομει (BGU I. 91.5 ff. A.D. 170–1), and see the list of passages in the index to Syll (iii. p. 245). The verbal occurs negatived in P Ryl II. 163.4 (A.D. 139) γῆς κατοικικῆς ἀναιτήτου, ";not subject to demand"; (Edd.—see the note on 164.4).
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