αἰτέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁאל ;]

to ask, request: absol. Mat.7:7, Jas.1:6; with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:42, Luk.6:30; with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Mat.20:20, 1Jn.5:15; id. before παρά, Act.3:2, Jas.1:5; with dupl. accusative Mat.7:9, Mrk.6:22, Jhn.16:23. Mid. (on the distinction bet. mid. and act. see M, Pr. 160): absol. Mrk.15:8, Jhn.16:26, Jas.4:3; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.14:7, Mrk.6:24, al.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:20, Luk.23:25; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Act.9:2; with accusative and inf. Luk.23:23. with inf. Act.7:46, Eph.3:13 (cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προσ- αιτέω).

SYN.: ἐρωτάω, which see, πυνθάνομαι. On the proper distinction between these words, see Tr. Syn. § xl, Thayer, see word αἰ. In late Gk. however, αἰ. and ἐ. seem to have become practically synonymous (cf. Act.3:2,3; see Field, Notes, 101 f.; M, Th. I, 4:1; M, Pr. 66.n; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

to ask; request