Strong's Greek · G155

G155 aítēma

αἴτημα

petition, request, required

Definition

a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking

Derivation

from G154 (αἰτέω);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Luke 23:24

So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

1 John 5:15

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

When aítēma is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what aítēma means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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