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G0154αἰτέωaiteō

to askPart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 14
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. Romans: 0
  7. 1
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. 2
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. 1
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 5
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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70 occurrences in 67 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Luke 11:9

    And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

    αἰτεῖτε, aiteite “do ask”

  2. Luke 11:10

    For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

    αἰτῶν aitōn “asking”

  3. Luke 11:11

    And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

    αἰτήσει aitēsei “will ask for”

  4. Luke 11:12

    Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

    αἰτήσει aitēsei “he will ask for”

  5. Luke 11:13

    If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

    αἰτοῦσιν aitousin “asking”

  6. Luke 12:48

    But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

    αἰτήσουσιν aitēsousin “will they ask of”

  7. Luke 23:23

    But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

    αἰτούμενοι aitoumenoi “asking for”

  8. Luke 23:25

    And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

    ᾐτοῦντο· ētounto “they were asking for;”

  9. Luke 23:52

    This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    ᾐτήσατο ētēsato “asked [for]”

  10. John 4:9

    The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

    αἰτεῖς aiteis “you do ask”

  11. John 4:10

    In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

    ᾔτησας ētēsas “you have asked”

  12. John 11:22

    But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

    αἰτήσῃ aitēsē “You may ask”

  13. John 14:13

    And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

    αἰτήσητε aitēsēte “you may ask”

  14. John 14:14

    If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

    αἰτήσητέ aitēsēte “you shall ask”

  15. John 15:7

    If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

    αἰτήσασθε, aitēsasthe “do yourself ask”

  16. John 15:16

    You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

    αἰτήσητε aitēsēte “you may ask”

  17. John 16:23

    And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

    αἰτήσητε aitēsēte “you may ask”

  18. John 16:24

    Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

    ᾐτήσατε ētēsate “you have asked”αἰτεῖτε aiteite “do ask”

  19. John 16:26

    In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

    αἰτήσεσθε· aitēsesthe “you will ask;”

  20. Acts 3:2

    And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

    αἰτεῖν aitein “to ask for”

  21. Acts 3:14

    But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

    ᾐτήσασθε ētēsasthe “requested”

  22. Acts 7:46

    Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

    ᾐτήσατο ētēsato “asked”

  23. Acts 9:2

    And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    ᾐτήσατο ētēsato “requested”

  24. Acts 12:20

    Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's countr

    ᾐτοῦντο ētounto “they were seeking”

  25. Acts 13:21

    Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

    ᾐτήσαντο ētēsanto “they asked for”