G1809 – exaiteo – ἐξαιτέω – desire
- Strong’s ID:
- G1809
- Greek Word:
- ἐξαιτέω
- Transliteration:
- exaiteo
- Pronunciation:
- ex-ahee-teh’-om-ahee
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 1
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
middle voice from G1537 and G154; to demand (for trial):—desire.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to ask from, demand of
1a) to ask or beg for one’s self, to ask that one be given up to one from the power of another
1b) in a good sense
1b1) to beg one from another
1b2) ask for the pardon
1b3) the safety of some one
1c) in a bad sense
1c1) for torture
1c2) for punishment
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.