Strong's Concordance exaiteó: to ask for oneself (mid.), demand Original Word: ἐξαιτέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exaiteó Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ahee-teh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I demand of, ask for Definition: I demand of, ask for, beg earnestly for. HELPS Word-studies 1809 eksaitéomai (from 1537 /ek, "completely out from," intensifying 154 /aitéō, "ask") – properly, to request a full "handing over" (a complete "take-over"). 1809 /eksaitéomai ("totally hand over") only occurs in Lk 22:31. Here Satan requests Peter be completely removed out of God's hands – and be put totally in his power. (What a frightening place to land!) Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1809: ἐξαιτέωἐξαιτέω, ἐξαίτω: 1 aorist middle ἐξητησαμην; to ask from, demand of (cf. ἐκ, VI. 2). Middle to ask from (or beg) for oneself: τινα, to ask that one be given up to one from the power of another — in both senses, either for good, to beg one from another, ask for the pardon, the safety, of someone (Xenophon, an. 1, 1, 3; Demosthenes, p. 546, 22; Plutarch, Per. 32; Palaeph. 41, 2); or in a bad sense, for torture, for punishment (Plutarch, mor., p. 417 d. de defect. orac. 14; in secular authors often with this sense in the active); so of Satan asking the apostles out of the power and keeping of God to be tried by afflictions (allusion being made to Job 1:1-12): Luke 22:31 (Test xii. Patr., p. 729 (test. Benj. § 3) ἐάν τά πνεύματα τοῦ Βελιάρ εἰς πᾶσαν πονηρίαν θλίψεως ἐξαιτησωνται ὑμᾶς). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance desire. Middle voice from ek and aiteo; to demand (for trial) -- desire. see GREEK ek see GREEK aiteo Forms and Transliterations εξητησατο εξητήσατο ἐξῃτήσατο exeitḗsato exēitḗsato exetesato exētēsatoLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 18091 Occurrence ἐξῃτήσατο — 1 Occ. Luke 22:31 V-AIM-3S GRK: ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς τοῦ NAS: has demanded [permission] to sift KJV: Satan hath desired [to have] you, INT: Satan demanded to have you for the |