Word Summary
aitēma: a request
Original Word: αἴτημαTransliteration: aitēma
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-tay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a request
Meaning: a request
Strong's Concordance
petition, request, required.
From aiteo; a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking -- petition, request, required.
see GREEK aiteo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 155: αἴτημααἴτημα,
(τος,
τό (
αἰτέω) (from
Plato down),
what is or
has been asked for:
Luke 23:24; plural (
A. V. requests),
Philippians 4:6 (cf. Ellicott at the passage); things asked for,
1 John 5:15. (See the preceding word, and
Trench, § li.)