δέομαι
déomai · G1189 · Greek · 22 occurrences
Meanings
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to plead, to beg
To ask for with urgency, with the implication of presumed need
ExamplesMatthew 9:38 “Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
Luke 5:12 While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Luke 8:28 And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said with a loud voice, “What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!”
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
19 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated: I 8
- Not stated (participle) 5
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- Not stated: we 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
16 occurrences in 15 groups
- σύyou 5
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
- ἐπιβλέπωto notice especially 1
- κοινωνίαfellowship, participation 1
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 7 groups
- διάthrough+ πᾶςall, every, each 1
- εἰςto+ εἴδωto know 1
- εἰςto+ καταρτίζωto make adequate 1
- ἐπίon+ προσευχήprayer 1
- μετάwith, after+ παράκλησιςencouragement, comfort 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ σύyou 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- πάντοτεalways 1
- ὑπερεκπερισσοῦsuper overexcessively 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔπωto say 2
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- αἰτέω aitéō · G154 · to ask for, to demand, to plead for
- δέομαι (“to plead, to beg, to entreat”) denotes urgent supplication, while αἰτέω covers a broader spectrum of asking, from simple request to demand. The two genuinely overlap in the field of petition and request, differing chiefly in intensity and register.
In the other Testament 2 words
- חָנַן chânan · H2603 · to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful
- חָנַן (chânan, H2603) חָנַן emphasizes seeking favor or mercy through gracious appeal, while δέομαι (déomai, G1189) δέομαι focuses on the act of earnest petition or entreaty with binding urgency.
- חָלָה châlâh · H2470 · to be, become weak, to be, become powerless, to be sick
- חָלָה (châlâh, H2470) primarily denotes entreating or beseeching (often in prayer contexts), overlapping with δέομαι (déomai, G1189)'s petition sense, though חָלָה (châlâh, H2470) additionally covers sickness/grief senses not present in the Greek term's semantic range.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To plead, to beg33.170
- Used of an urgent request, as of the instruction to plead with the Lord of the harvest for workers in Matthew 9:38, the leper who begs Jesus for cleansing in Luke 5:12, the healed demoniac begging to accompany Jesus in Luke 8:38, and the father begging Jesus to look at his son in Luke 9:38.
Word family 42 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 3 person singular imperfect ἐδητο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 220; Winers Grammar, 46;…
1. to want, lack: τίνος.
2. to desire, long for: τίνος.
3. to ask, beg (German bitten);
a. universally — the thing asked for being evident from the context: with the genitive of the person from whom, Gal 4:12; the thing sought being specified in direct discourse: Lk 5:12; Lk 8:28; Lk 9:38 (according to the reading ἐπίβλεψον R L); Acts 8:34 (δέομαι σου, περί τίνος ὁ προφήτης λέγει τοῦτο; of whom, I pray thee, doth the prophet say this?); Acts 21:39; 2 Cor 5:20; followed by the infinitive, Lk 8:38; Lk 9:38 (according to the reading ἐπιβλέψαι Tr WH); Acts 26:3 (where G L T Tr WH omit σου after δέομαι); followed by ἵνα, Lk 9:40 (cf. Winers Grammar, 335 (315); (Buttmann, 258 (222))); followed by τό with an infinitive 2 Cor 10:2 (cf. Buttmann, 263 (226), 279 (239); Winer's Grammar, 321, 322 (301f)); with the genitive of person and the accusative of a thing, 2 Cor 8:4 (G L T Tr WH; for Rec. adds δέξασθαι ἡμᾶς without warrant) (cf. Buttmann, 164 (143); Winers Grammar, 198 (186)).
b. specifically, of requests addressed to God; absolutely to pray, make supplication: Acts 4:31; τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 10:2; followed by εἰ ἄρα, Acts 8:22 (Buttmann, 256 (220); Winer's Grammar, 300 (282)); τοῦ κυρίου, ὅπως etc. Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2; without the genitive Θεοῦ — followed by εἰ πῶς, Rom 1:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, the passages cited); by ἵνα, Lk 21:36; Lk 22:32; by the relic εἰς τό, 1 Thess 3:10 (cf. Buttmann, 265 (228)); ὑπέρ τίνος πρός τόν κύριον, ὅπως, Acts 8:24. (Synonyms: see αἰτέω and δέησις. Compare: προσδέομαι.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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