noun · neuter
aitēmem
Greekαἴτημα (aitēma)
Strong’sG155
a petition, request
stem aitēm-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
αἴτημα, -ατος, τό
(< αἰτέω), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁאֵלָה;]
SYN.: v.s. δέησις.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G155 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidah'-ee-tay-mah
a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking
Fromfrom G154;
King Jamespetition, request, required.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | aitēmem | aitēmeim1×αἰτήματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | aitēmeu | aitēmeiu |
| to, for dative | aitēme | aitēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aitēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
aitēmeim“requests”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Philippians 4:6“requests”mēdenem merimnavōr, alla en pante ta proseucha kai ta deēsia meta eucharistiau teim aitēmeim vu gnōrizitōr pros ton theon;Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
aitēmem1×
Luke 23:24“demand”kai Pilatos epikrinata ginera tem aitēmem autoiu;So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
aitēmeim1×
1 John 5:15“requests”kai ean oidanē hoti akouatō nu hem ean aiteneiō, oidanē hoti echanō teim aitēmeim heim aitanē apo autou.And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.