- Transliteration: Exaiteomai

- Phonetic: ex-ahee-teh'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to ask from, demand of

a. to ask or beg for one's self, to ask that one be given up to one from the power of another

b. in a good sense,

1. to beg one from another

2. ask for the pardon

3. the safety of some one

c. in a bad sense

1. for torture

2. for punishment

- Origin: middle voice from G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G154

- TDNT entry: 1:194,*

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Middle voice from G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G154; to demand (for trial): - desire.