ask 4441 # punthanomai {poon-than'-om-ahee}; middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from 2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from 154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from 2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from 1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence): -- {ask}, demand, enquire, understand.[ql demand 4441 # punthanomai {poon-than'-om-ahee}; middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from 2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from 154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from 2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from 1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence): -- ask, {demand}, enquire, understand.[ql request 1162 # deesis {deh'-ay-sis}; from 1189; a petition: -- prayer, {request}, supplication.[ql request 0155 # aitema {ah'-ee-tay-mah}; from 154; a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking: -- petition, {request}, required.[ql request 1189 # deomai {deh'-om-ahee}; middle voice of 1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition: -- beseech, pray (to), make {request}. Compare 4441.[ql ***. deon. See 1163.[ql understand 4441 # punthanomai {poon-than'-om-ahee}; middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from 2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from 154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from 2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from 1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence): -- ask, demand, enquire, {understand}.[ql ~~~~~~