Quick Definition
a petition, request
Strong's Definition
a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking
Derivation: from G154 (αἰτέω);
KJV Usage: petition, request, required
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἴτημα, (τος, τό (αἰτέω) (from Plato down), what is or has been asked for: Luk_23:24; plural (A. V. requests), Php_4:6 (cf. Ellicott at the passage); things asked for, 1Jn_5:15. (See the preceding word, and Trench, § li.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἴτημα aitēma 3x
a thing asked or sought for; petition, request, Luk_23:24 ; Php_4:6 ; 1Jn_5:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἴτημα , -τος , τό
( <αἰτέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7596 ;]
that which has been asked for, a petition, request: Luk_23:24 , Php_4:6 , 1Jn_5:15 .†
SYN.: see δέησις G1162 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἴτημα [page 15]
Syll 418 .62 (iii/A.D.) οὐδεὶς ἡμεῖν ἐνόχλησεν οὔτε ξενίας (αἰτή )ματι οὔτε παροχῆς ἐπιτηδείων . For αἴτησις see P Oxy I. 56 .21 ff. (A.D. 211) διέγραψα δὲ τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσ [εω ]ς τέλος : I have paid the appointed tax for making such a request (Edd.) : the word is fairly common.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
αἴτημα [Etym: from αἰτέω] "a request, demand", Plat. , NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αἴτημα, -ατος, τό
(αἰτέω), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁאֵלָה ;]
that which has been asked for, a petition, request: Luk.23:24, Php.4:6, Jhn.5:15.†
SYN.: see: δέησις. (AS)