What does αἰτέω · χάρις mean in the Bible?
αἰτέω · χάρις is a Greek phrase meaning "Ask a favor".
Greek · G154, G5485
αἰτούμενοι χάριν
To ask (in genitive case) · grace
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αἰτέω G154 to ask (in genitive case)
Pronunciation aitéō
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χάρις G5485 grace
Pronunciation cháris
Divine favor freely given and unmerited, emphasizing God's gracious kindness rather than human deserving or works.
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What does αἰτούμενοι χάριν (aitoumenoi charin) mean in the Bible?
αἰτέω · χάρις is a Greek phrase meaning "Ask a favor".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G154, G5485?
G154, G5485 is connected to 70 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Ask a favor
Source Gloss
Ask a favor
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 70 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present, Imperfect, Perfect Voices Middle, Active
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 30×
Aorist Middle Matt 27:58 · Mark 6:25 · Mark 15:43 · Luke 23:52 · Acts 7:46 · Acts 9:2 · Acts 13:21 · Acts 13:28 · Acts 3:14 9×
Future Active Matt 7:9 · Matt 7:10 · Luke 11:11 · Luke 11:12 · 1 John 5:16 · Luke 12:48 6×
Present Middle Matt 20:22 · Mark 10:38 · Mark 11:24 · Jas 4:3 · Eph 3:13 · Eph 3:20 6×
Present Active John 4:9 · 1 Cor 1:22 · Jas 4:3 3×
Imperfect Middle Luke 23:25 · Acts 12:20 2×
Aorist Active John 4:10 · John 16:24 2×
Future Middle John 16:26 1×
Perfect Active 1 John 5:15 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 15×
Aorist Active Matt 21:22 · John 14:13 · John 14:14 · John 15:16 · John 16:23 · Mark 6:23 · Mark 10:35 7×
Aorist Middle Matt 18:19 · Matt 27:20 · Matt 14:7 · Mark 6:24 · John 11:22 5×
Present Middle 1 John 5:14 · 1 John 5:15 2×
Present Active 1 John 3:22 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 14×
Present Active Matt 5:42 · Luke 6:30 · 1 Pet 3:15 · Matt 7:8 · Luke 11:10 · Matt 7:11 · Luke 11:13 · Matt 20:20 8×
Present Middle Luke 23:23 · Acts 25:3 · Acts 25:15 · Col 1:9 4×
Aorist Active Luke 1:63 · Acts 16:29 2×
Imperative command or strong request 7×
Present Active Matt 7:7 · Luke 11:9 · John 16:24 · Jas 1:5 · Jas 1:6 5×
Aorist Active Mark 6:22 1×
Aorist Middle John 15:7 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 4×
Present Middle Mark 15:8 · Jas 4:2 2×
Aorist Active Matt 6:8 1×
Present Active Acts 3:2 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 67 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 29 aorist 28 future 7 imperfect 2 perfect 1
Voice
active 38 middle 29
Mood
indicative 28 subjunctive 15 participle 13 imperative 7 infinitive 4
NT Occurrences
Matthew 5:42 αἰτοῦντί present active participle participle Matthew 6:8 αἰτῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 7:10 αἰτήσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 7:11 αἰτοῦσιν present active participle participle Matthew 7:7 Αἰτεῖτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 7:8 αἰτῶν present active participle participle Matthew 7:9 αἰτήσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 14:7 αἰτήσηται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 18:19 αἰτήσωνται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 20:20 αἰτοῦσά present active participle participle Matthew 20:22 αἰτεῖσθε present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 21:22 αἰτήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 27:20 αἰτήσωνται aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 27:58 ᾐτήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 6:22 Αἴτησόν aorist active imperative imperative Mark 6:23 αἰτήσῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:24 αἰτήσωμαι aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:25 ᾐτήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 10:35 αἰτήσωμέν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 10:38 αἰτεῖσθε present middle indicative ongoing Mark 15:43 ᾐτήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 15:8 αἰτεῖσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Luke 1:63 αἰτήσας aorist active participle participle Luke 6:30 αἰτοῦντί present active participle participle Luke 11:10 αἰτῶν present active participle participle Luke 11:11 αἰτήσει future active indicative prospective Luke 11:12 αἰτήσει future active indicative prospective Luke 11:13 αἰτοῦσιν present active participle participle Luke 11:9 αἰτεῖτε present active imperative imperative Luke 12:48 αἰτήσουσιν future active indicative prospective Luke 23:23 αἰτούμενοι present middle participle participle Luke 23:25 ᾐτοῦντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 23:52 ᾐτήσατο aorist middle indicative completed John 4:10 ᾔτησας aorist active indicative completed John 4:9 αἰτεῖς present active indicative ongoing John 11:22 αἰτήσῃ aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive John 14:13 αἰτήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 14:14 αἰτήσητέ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 15:16 αἰτήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 15:7 αἰτήσασθε aorist middle imperative imperative
+27 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αἰτούμενοι χάριν is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain