ἀπαιτέω, ἀπαίτω; to ask back, demand back, exact something due (Sir. 20:15-14σήμερον δανειει καί αὔριον ἀπαιτήσει): Luk_6:30; τήν ψυχήν σου ἀπαιτοῦσιν (Tr WH αἰτοῦσιν) thy soul, intrusted to thee by God for a time, is demanded back, Luk_12:20 (Wis_15:8 τό τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθείς χρέος). (In Greek writings from Herodotus down.)

ἀπαιτέω apaiteō 2x to demand, require, Luk_12:20 ; to demand back, Luk_6:30

ἀπ -αιτέω , -ῶ , [in LXX : Deu_15:2-3 , al. ( H5065 ), Sir_20:15 , Wis_15:8 , al. ;] to ask back, demand back: Luk_6:30 ; Luk_12:20 ( MM , VGT , s.v. ).†

ἀπαιτέω [page 52] BGU II. 530 .36 (i/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 62) ἄλλως τε καὶ ἀπαιτῖται ὑπὸ τῶν πρακτόρων ἱκανόν , especially security is demanded by the taxgatherers : cf. P Fay 39 .14 ff. (A.D. 183) ἐκ τίνος ἀπαιτεῖται τὸ προκείμενον ἀπότακτον , where the editors state that ἀ . may imply that the payment was in arrear or have a quite general meaning. The former alternative is clearly implied in P Fay 11 .20 ( c. B.C. 115) ὁ ἐνκαλούμενος πλεονάκις ἀπῃτημένος [ο ]ὐχ ὑπομένει ἑκουσίως ἀποδιδόναι , the accused, though frequent demands have been made, persistently refuses to pay voluntarily (Edd.). Other examples of the verb, which is common, are P Flor I. 61 .42 (A.D. 86 8) διὰ τί ἕως σήμερον οὐκ ἀπῄτησας , and again .51 ἐπεὶ σιτόλογοι ἦσαν καὶ ἀπῃτ [οῦ ]ντο εἰς τὸν Κ [α ]ίσαρος λόγον , P Lond 856 .19 (late i/A.D.) (= III. p. 92) ὁ̣ δ̣ὲ λήμπτωρ ἀπαιτεῖ certain taxes, P Tebt II. 327 .19 ff. (late ii/A.D.) οὐ δέοντως ἀπαιτοῦμα [ι ] τὰ ὑπὲρ τῶν ὑπαρχόν [τω ]ν τελούμενα δημόσια , demands have wrongfully been made upon me for the government dues payable on behalf of the property (Edd.) : a very similar phrase occurs in CPHerm 52 i. 16 . In P Oxy VIII. 1157 .15 (late iii/A.D.) καὶ μάθε ὅτι τὸ ἐπεικεφάλαιον ἀπαιτοῦσιν find out also about the collection of the poll-tax (Ed.) : the idiomatic impersonal plural curiously contrasts with the translation Greek, showing the same word, in Luk_12:20 . In the Christian letter P Oxy VI. 939 .16 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 129) we have the phrase τοῦτο τοῦ καθήκοντος ἀ̣π̣[α ]ι̣[τοῦντ ]ος , this being what duty demanded. For the subst. see BGU IV. 1103 .18 (B.C. 14) περὶ ἀπαιτήσεως τοῦ φερναρίου , P Oxy I. 104 .28 (a will, A.D. 96) ἀπαίτη [σι ]ν ποιήσεσθαι , etc., and for the adj. ἀπαιτήσιμος various land-surveys of ii/B.C. P Tebt I. 61, 64, 72. The noun ἀπαιτητής occurs in Wilcken Ostr 1460 (A.D. 185 6) δι᾽ ἐμοῦ Μάρκου . . . ἀπαιτ (ητοῦ ).

ἀπαιτέω "to demand back, demand", Hdt. :— ἀπ. τί τινα "to demand" something "of" one, id=Hdt. , attic; ἀπ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός Soph. ; also, χάριν ἀπ. τινα Plat. Pass., of things, "to be demanded in payment", Hdt. of persons, "to have demanded of one", ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν Xen.

ἀπ-αιτέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Deu.15:2-3, al. (נָגַשׂ), Sir.20:15, Wis.15:8, al. ;] to ask back, demand back: Luk.6:30 12:20 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)