UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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δέησις

MainId: 001177000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1162

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': '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.’'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001177001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: δέησις

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -εως

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'δέομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001177001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 33.171

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Ask For, Request

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-11 21:00:34

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

         Glosses: ['request', 'plea', 'prayer']

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:13, LUKE 2:37, LUKE 5:33, ROM 10:1, 2 COR 1:11, 2 COR 9:14, EPH 6:18, EPH 6:18, PHP 1:4, PHP 1:4, PHP 1:19, PHP 4:6, 1 TIM 2:1, 1 TIM 5:5, 2 TIM 1:3, HEB 5:7, YAC 5:16, 1 PET 3:12