2001 Translation

DEĒSEI, deēsei

Sounds Like: DEH-see

Translations: to a request, to a petition, to a prayer, to a supplication

From the root: ΔΕΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a specific request, petition, or prayer made to God or a person in authority, often implying a sense of need or urgency. It is used to describe the act of making an earnest appeal.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1162 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 16:1, 21:25
• Job — 40:27
• 2 Corinthians — 1:11, 9:14
• Ephesians — 6:18
• Philippians — 1:4, 4:6
• Shepherd of Hermas — 18:7

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 7:145
• Book 7 — 14:378
• Book 16 — 4:99, 4:126
• Book 17 — 1:18, 3:48
• Book 18 — 6:210
• Book 20 — 6:136

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 24:16
• Book Three — 8:46

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Joshua — 18:4
• Psalms — 16:1, 21:25
• Job — 40:22
• Jeremiah — 11:14

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 10:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Corinthians — 1:11, 9:14
• Ephesians — 6:18
• Philippians — 1:4, 4:6

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 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
• 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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