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Name of God’s Son

ΔΕΗΣΕΣΙΝ, δεησεσιν

DEĒSESIN, deēsesin

Sounds Like: deh-EH-seh-sin

Translations: to prayer, to entreaty, to supplication

From the root: ΔΕΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a specific request or petition made to God or a person, often with a sense of urgency or humility. It is a compound word, derived from the verb 'δέομαι' (deomai), meaning 'to beg' or 'to ask'. It is commonly used in religious contexts to describe acts of prayer or earnest appeal.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1162 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
  • 1 Timothy — 5:5
  • 2 Timothy — 1:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
  • The Life of Flavius Josephus — 42:211
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 7:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
  • 1 Timothy — 5:5
  • 2 Timothy — 1:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΗΣΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΔΕΗΣΕΙ — to a request, to a petition, to a prayer, to a supplication
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΙ' — to prayer, to entreaty, to supplication, to petition
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΙΝ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, entreaty
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΙΣ — prayers, supplications, entreaties
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΣΙ — (to) prayers, (to) supplications, (to) entreaties
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΩΝ — of prayers, of supplications, of entreaties
  • ΔΕΗΣΕΩΣ — of prayer, of entreaty, of supplication
  • ΔΕΗΣΙ — prayer, a prayer, entreaty, supplication, a supplication, (to) prayer, (to) entreaty, (to) supplication
  • ΔΕΗΣΙΝ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, an entreaty
  • ΔΕΗΣΙΣ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, entreaty

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