ἈΠΑΙΤΕΙΝ, ἀπαιτειν
APAITEIN, apaitein
Sounds Like: ah-pah-TEE-in
Translations: to demand back, to demand, to ask for, to require, to exact
From the root: ἈΠΑΙΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to demand something back, to ask for something that is due, or to require something. It implies a sense of entitlement or obligation in the demand. It can be used in contexts where one is demanding payment, an account, or a return of something.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0523 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:12
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 68:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΑΙΤΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΑΙΤΕΙ — demands, requires, asks back, exacts
- ἈΠΑΙΤΗΘΗΣΗ — you will be demanded, you will be required, you will be asked for
- ἈΠΑΙΤΗΣΑΣ — having demanded, having asked back, having required, having exacted
- ἈΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙ — he will demand, he will ask back, he will require, he will exact
- ἈΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣ — you shall demand back, you shall require, you shall ask for
- ἈΠΑΙΤΗΤΕΟΝ — that which must be demanded, to be demanded, necessary to demand, a thing to be demanded
- ἈΠΑΙΤΟΥΣΙ — they demand, they require, they ask back, they exact
- ἈΠΑΙΤΟΥΣΙΝ — they demand, they require, they ask back
- ἈΠΗΤΕΙ — demanded, was demanding, asked back, was asking back, required, was requiring
- ἈΠΗΤΗΣΑΝ — they demanded back, they asked back, they required, they claimed
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