ΔΕΗΣΙΝ, δεησιν
DEĒSIN, deēsin
Sounds Like: DEH-eh-sin
Translations: prayer, a prayer, supplication, an entreaty
From the root: ΔΕΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a specific request or petition made to God or a higher authority. It emphasizes the act of making a humble and earnest appeal, often born out of a sense of need or distress. It is commonly used in contexts of seeking divine intervention or expressing a heartfelt desire.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1162 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 12:7
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 33:16, 54:2, 87:3, 101:1, 101:18, 141:3, 141:7, 142:1
- Job — 27:9
- Sirach — 35:13
- Isaiah — 1:15
- Philippians — 1:4
- 1 Peter — 3:12
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 21:339
- Book 2 — 4:46, 4:47
- Book 4 — 6:107, 6:135
- Book 5 — 8:256
- Book 9 — 8:175
- Book 14 — 15:408
- Book 15 — 6:188
- Book 18 — 8:276
- Book 20 — 2:35
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 8:28, 8:38, 8:52, 8:54
- 2 Chronicles — 6:19, 6:40
- Psalms — 20:3, 33:16, 54:2, 87:3, 101:1, 101:18, 141:3, 141:7, 142:1
- Psalms of Solomon — 5:7, 18:3
- Odes — 14:20
- Job — 27:9
- Sirach — 32:16
- Isaiah — 1:15
- Lamentations — 3:56
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:18, 4:30
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΔΕΗΣΙ — prayer, a prayer, entreaty, supplication, a supplication, (to) prayer, (to) entreaty, (to) supplication
- ΔΕΗΣΙΣ — prayer, a prayer, supplication, entreaty
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