αἴτημα

aitēma · request

Greek word · Strong’s number G155 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

aitēma (αἴτημα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “request”.

What is asked for.

How to say it

ai·tē·ma

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. What one asks for.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • requests ×2
  • demand ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Luke 23:24

    And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted;

  • Philippians 4:6

    Be anxious about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

  • 1 John 5:15

    And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.