Bill Mounce

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ἀπαιτέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀπαιτέω
Greek transliteration: 
apaiteō
Simplified transliteration: 
apaiteo
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
523
GK Number: 
555
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to demand back
Definition: 
to demand, require, Lk. 12:20; to demand back, Lk. 6:30*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀπαιτέω

Luke 6:30 To all who ask of you, give, and from the one who takes away what belongs to you, do (apaitei | ἀπαίτει | pres act imperative 2 sg) not demand (apaitei | ἀπαίτει | pres act imperative 2 sg) it back.
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded (apaitousin | ἀπαιτοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) of you. And what you have prepared for yourself, whose will it be?’