αἰτέω aitéō

Meaning

to ask (in genitive case)

In the King James Version: ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

Where it is used

• Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
• Matthew 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
• Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
• Matthew 7:9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
• Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
• Matthew 7:11 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 14:7 so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
• Matthew 18:19 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 20:20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
• Matthew 20:22 “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 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
• Matthew 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• Matthew 27:58 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
• Mark 6:22 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 6:23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
• Mark 6:24 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
• Mark 6:25 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 10:35 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 10:38 “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 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• Mark 15:8 So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
• Mark 15:43 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.
• Luke 1:63 Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
• Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
• Luke 11:9 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 11:10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
• Luke 11:11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
• Luke 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
• Luke 11:13 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 12:48 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 23:23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
• Luke 23:25 As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.
• Luke 23:52 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
• John 4:9 “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 4:10 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 11:22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
• John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 14:14 If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
• John 15:7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
• John 15:16 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 16:23 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 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
• John 16:26 In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
• Acts 3:2 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 3:14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
• Acts 7:46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
• Acts 9:2 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 12:20 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 13:21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
• Acts 13:28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
• Acts 16:29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
• Acts 25:3 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 25:15 While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
• 1 Corinthians 1:22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
• Ephesians 3:13 So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
• Ephesians 3:20 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,
• Colossians 1:9 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,
• James 1:5 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 1:6 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.