ask,seek,knock
matthew 7:7-11
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
to ask for, to demand, to plead for. This verb can be used to indicate requesting things of God.
The word aiteō sometimes appears in combination with other prayer words, like (proseuchomai, “to pray”;
vb. to seek. To seek what is lost, what is due.
This word carries two nuances that should be considered together. First, it means “to seek something that has been lost” (e.g.,
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none
The word implies serious effort, and can be used of seeking information (e.g.,
