UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Though δέησις basically means ‘that which is asked for urgently,’ in the NT it occurs only in connection with pleas made to God, and therefore it is properly translated as ‘prayer.’

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: δέησις; -εως

Related lemmas: δέομαι

Sense 1: request, plea, prayer

Semantic entry: 33.171

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Ask For, Request

Definition: (derivative of δέομαι ‘to plead, to beg,’ 33.170: δέομαι) that which is asked with urgency based on presumed need{N:001}

LUK 1:13: RV LUK 1:13 · LV LUK 1:13 · Read together LUK 1:13

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OET-RV LUK 1:13

13 But the messenger spoke, “Don’t be scared Zekaryah, because your request has been listened to, and your wife Elisheva will give birth to a son and you’ll name him Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes).

OET-LV LUK 1:13

13 But the messenger said to him:
Be_ not _fearing, Zaⱪarias, because the petition of _you was _listened _to, and Elisabet the wife of _you will _be _bearing a_son to _you, and you _will _be _calling the name of _him Yōannaʸs.

LUK 2:37: RV LUK 2:37 · LV LUK 2:37 · Read together LUK 2:37

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OET-RV LUK 2:37

37 and then had been widowed for eighty-four years. She was always at the temple, serving night and day in prayer and fasting.

OET-LV LUK 2:37

37 and she was a_widow until eighty four years, who not was _withdrawing from _the temple, with _fastings and petitions serving night and day.

All 16 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:13 · RV LUK 2:37 · RV LUK 5:33 · LV LUK 1:13 · LV LUK 2:37 · LV LUK 5:33 · Read together LUK 1:13 · Read together LUK 2:37 · Read together LUK 5:33

ROM: RV ROM 10:1 · LV ROM 10:1 · Read together ROM 10:1

CO2: RV CO2 1:11 · RV CO2 9:14 · LV CO2 1:11 · LV CO2 9:14 · Read together CO2 1:11 · Read together CO2 9:14

EPH: RV EPH 6:18 · LV EPH 6:18 · Read together EPH 6:18

PHP: RV PHP 1:4 · RV PHP 1:19 · RV PHP 4:6 · LV PHP 1:4 · LV PHP 1:19 · LV PHP 4:6 · Read together PHP 1:4 · Read together PHP 1:19 · Read together PHP 4:6

TI1: RV TI1 2:1 · RV TI1 5:5 · LV TI1 2:1 · LV TI1 5:5 · Read together TI1 2:1 · Read together TI1 5:5

TI2: RV TI2 1:3 · LV TI2 1:3 · Read together TI2 1:3

HEB: RV HEB 5:7 · LV HEB 5:7 · Read together HEB 5:7

JAM: RV JAM 5:16 · LV JAM 5:16 · Read together JAM 5:16

PE1: RV PE1 3:12 · LV PE1 3:12 · Read together PE1 3:12

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δέησις

Form 1

Sense 1: request, plea, prayer