ΔΕΗΣΙ, δεησι
DEĒSI, deēsi
Sounds Like: DEH-see
Translations: prayer, a prayer, entreaty, supplication, a supplication, (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 need. It emphasizes the act of making a humble and earnest appeal. It is a feminine noun.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine. It could also potentially be a truncated form of the Nominative/Accusative/Vocative Plural (ΔΕΗΣΕΙΣ) or other cases if the final sigma is omitted.
Strong’s number: G1162 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle of Barnabas — 12:7
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
- ΔΕΗΣΕΣΙΝ — to prayer, to entreaty, to supplication
- ΔΕΗΣΕΩΝ — of prayers, of supplications, of entreaties
- ΔΕΗΣΕΩΣ — of prayer, of entreaty, of supplication
- ΔΕΗΣΙΝ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, an entreaty
- ΔΕΗΣΙΣ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, entreaty
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