Definition

a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking

Etymology

from G154 (αἰτέω);

Word family

• αἰτέω aitéō

How the KJV renders it

• petition
• request
• required

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.