Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
αἰτέω (G154)
70 αἰτέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for שׁאל ;] to ask , request : absol., Mt 7:7 , Ja 1:6 ; c. acc. pers., Mt 5:42 , Lk 6:30 ; c. acc. rei, seq. ἀπό , Mt 20:20 , I Jo 5:15 ; id. seq. παρά , Ac 3:2 , Ja 1:5 ; c. dupl. acc. Mt 7:9 , Mk 6:22 , Jo 16:23 . Mid. (on the distinction bet. mid. and act., v. M, Pr. , 160): absol., Mk 15:8 , Jo 16:26 , Ja 4:3 ; c. acc. rei, Mt 14:7 , Mk 6:24 , al.; c. acc. pers., Mt 27:20 , Lk 23:25 ; c. acc. rei, seq. παρά , Ac 9:2 ; c. acc. et inf., Lk 23:23 . c. inf. Ac 7:46 , Eph 3:13 (cf. ἀπ- , ἐξ- , ἐπ- , παρ- , προσ-αιτέω ). SYN. : ἐρωτάω , q.v., πυνθάνομαι . 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. Ac 3:2 , 3 ; v. Field, Notes , 101 f.; M, Th. , I, 4:1; M, Pr. , 66 n ; MM, VGT , s.v.).
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