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Lexicon :: Strong's G1162 - deēsis

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δέησις
Transliteration
deēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
deh'-ay-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

δέησις déēsis, deh'-ay-sis; from G1189; a petition:—prayer, request, supplication.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G1162 in the following manner: prayer (12x), supplication (6x), request (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G1162 in the following manner: prayer (12x), supplication (6x), request (1x).

  1. need, indigence, want, privation, penury

  2. a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God or to man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δέησις déēsis, deh'-ay-sis; from G1189; a petition:—prayer, request, supplication.
STRONGS G1162:
δέησις, -εως, ἡ, (δέομαι);
1. need, indigence (Psalm 21:25 (Ps. 22:25)); Aeschines dial. 2, 39f; [Plato, Eryx. 405 e. bis]; Aristotle, rhet. 2, 7 [ii., p. 1385a, 27]).
2. a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty (from Plato down); in the N. T. requests addressed by men to God (German Bittgebet, supplication); universally: James 5:16; 1 Peter 3:12; as often in the Sept., joined with προσευχή (i. e. any pious address to God [see below]): Acts 1:14 Rec.; Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6; plural 2 Timothy 1:3; joined with προσευχαί, 1 Timothy 5:5; with νηστεῖαι, Luke 2:37; ποιεῖσθαι δέησιν, Philippians 1:4; π. δεήσεις, Luke 5:33; 1 Timothy 2:1. contextually, of prayers imploring God's aid in some particular matter: Luke 1:13; Philippians 1:19; plural Hebrews 5:7; supplication for others: [2 Corinthians 1:11]; περί τινος, Ephesians 6:18; ὑπέρ τινος, 2 Corinthians 9:14; Philippians 1:4; with the addition πρὸς τὸν θεόν, Romans 10:1.
[Synonyms: δέησις, προσευχή, ἔντευξις: πρ., as Professor Grimm remarks, is unrestricted as respects its contents, while δ. is petitionary; moreover πρ. is a word of sacred character, being limited to prayer to God, whereas δ. may also be used of a request addressed to man. In Byzantine Greek it is used of a written supplication (like our petition); cf. Sophocles Lexicon under the word. See more at length Trench § 51; also Bp. Lightfoot on Philippians 4:6; Ellicott on Ephesians 6:18; cf. Schmidt chapter 7. In 1 Timothy 2:1 to these two words is added ἔντευξις, which expresses confiding access to God; thus, in combination, δέησις gives prominence to the expression of personal need, προσευχή to the element of devotion, ἔντευξις to that of child-like confidence, by representing prayer as the heart's converse with God. See Huther's extended note at the passage; Ellicott at the passage; Trench as above.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
22:25
Luke
1:13; 2:37; 5:33
Acts
1:14
Romans
10:1
2 Corinthians
1:11; 9:14
Ephesians
6:18; 6:18; 6:18
Philippians
1:4; 1:4; 1:19; 4:6; 4:6
1 Timothy
2:1; 2:1; 5:5
2 Timothy
1:3
Hebrews
5:7
James
5:16
1 Peter
3:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1162 matches the Greek δέησις (deēsis),
which occurs 18 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13 - But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1 - Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14 - While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:18 - With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:4 - And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:19 - For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:1 - My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3 - I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 - Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
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