What does αἴτημα (aítēma) mean in the Bible?
αἴτημα (aítēma): A concrete petition or request that has been made, emphasizing the thing asked for rather than the act of asking.
Greek · G155
αἴτημα
A thing asked or (abstractly) an asking
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αἴτημαG155
Pronunciationaítēma
What does αἴτημα (aítēma) mean in the Bible?
αἴτημα (aítēma): A concrete petition or request that has been made, emphasizing the thing asked for rather than the act of asking.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G155?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include demand (1), requests (1), vvv (1).
Where does αἴτημα (aítēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:24. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 John (1), Luke (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdemand1×Luke 23:24
requests1×Philippians 4:6
vvv1×1 John 5:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 23:24
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke1Philippians11 John1
Source forms
αἰτήματα2xaitēmataPhilippians 4:6, 1 John 5:15
αἴτημα1xaitēmaLuke 23:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1x1 John 5:15
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xLuke 23:24
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural1xPhilippians 4:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A concrete petition or request that has been made, emphasizing the thing asked for rather than the act of asking.
Strong'sG155
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A concrete petition or request that has been made, emphasizing the thing asked for rather than the act of asking.
(αἰτέω), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁאֵלָה ;] that which has been asked for, a petition, request: Luk.23:24, Php.4:6, Jhn.5:15.
Synonymssee: δέησις.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 23:24Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
αἴτημαaithma
a petition, request
Read versePhilippians 4:6Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
αἰτήματαaithmata
a petition, request
Read verse1 John 5:15Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
αἰτήματαaithmata
a petition, request
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · NeuterPhil 4:61×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterLuke 23:241×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter1 John 5:151×
Word Origins
αἴτημα is built from this root: