αἰτέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for שׁאל ;] to ask, request: absol., Refs Mat.7:7, Jas.1:6; with accusative of person(s), Refs Mat.5:42, Luk.6:30; with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Refs Mat.20:20, 1Jn.5:15; id. before παρά, Refs Act.3:2, Jas.1:5; with dupl. accusative Refs Mat.7:9, Mrk.6:22, Jhn.16:23. Mid. (on the distinction bet. mid. and act., see M, Pr., 160): absol., Refs Mrk.15:8, Jhn.16:26, Jas.4:3; with accusative of thing(s), Refs Mat.14:7, Mrk.6:24, al.; with accusative of person(s), Refs Mat.27:20, Luk.23:25; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Act.9:2; with accusative and inf., Luk.23:23. with inf. Refs Act.7:46, Eph.3:13 (cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προσ- αιτέω). SYN.: ἐρωτάω, which see, πυνθάνομαι. On the proper distinction between these words, see Tr., Syn., § xl, Thayer, see word αἰ. In late Gk., however, αἰ. and ἐ. seem to have become practically synonymous (cf. Refs Act.3:2,3; see Field, Notes, 101 f.; M, Th., I, 4:1; M, Pr., 66n; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)
Thayer:
1) to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require For Synonyms see entry G5802
G155 αἴτημααἴτημα
aitēma
ah'ee-tay-mah
From G154; a thingasked or (abstractly) an asking
KJV Usage: petition, request, required.
G156 αἰτίααἰτία
aitia
ahee-tee'-a
From the same as G154; a cause (as if asked for), that is, (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)
G4319 προσαιτέωπροσαιτέω
prosaiteō
pros-ahee-teh'-o
From G4314 and G154; to askrepeatedly (importune), that is, solicit
KJV Usage: beg.
G4441 πυνθάνομαιπυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
poon-than'-om-ahee
Middle voice prolonged from πύθω puthō , a primary word, (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, that is, ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand of something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication to learn (by casual intelligence)
G5802Synonyms
See Definition for aiteo { [G154]}
See Definition for deomai { [G1189]}
See Definition for erotao { [G2065]}
G5920To Ask.
See Definition for aiteo { [G154]}
See Definition for erotao { [G2065]}
Thayer, as opposed to Trench and others, would make the distinction
between these two words to be this: ``aiteo signifies to ask for
something to be given, not done, giving prominence to the thing asked
for rather than the person, and hence is rarely used in exhortation.
erotao, on the other hand, is to request a person to do (rarely to
give) something? referring more directly to the person, it is naturally
used in exhortation, etc.''
πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
poon-than'-om-ahee
Middle voice prolonged from πύθω puthō , a primary word, (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, that is, ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand of something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication to learn (by casual intelligence)
KJV Usage: ask, demand, enquire, understand.
G1189 δέομαιδέομαι
deomai
deh'-om-ahee
Middle voice of G1210; to beg (as bindingoneself), that is, petition
G2212 ζητέωζητέω
zēteō
dzay-teh'-o
Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV Usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).