Word

ἔντευξις

énteuxis · G1783 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to intercede, intercession

    To speak to someone on behalf of someone else

    Examples

    1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people,

    1 Timothy 4:5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

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Near synonyms 1 word
δέησις déēsis · G1162 · request, plea, prayer
The target term ἔντευξις and δέησις (“a petition”) both denote petitionary prayer, with the target emphasizing the formal act of intercession or bringing a matter before someone, and δέησις emphasizing the content of the petition itself — a genuine nuance within the shared field of supplication.
Semantic domains 1 entry
To intercede, intercession33.347
This noun denotes formal petition made on behalf of others, used of Paul's instruction that intercessions be made for all people — "I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people" (1 Timothy 2:1), and of food and drink being sanctified by the word of God and prayer — "it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer" (1 Timothy 4:5).
Word family 10 words
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐντεύξεως, ἡ (ἐντυγχάνω, which see), a falling in with, meeting with (αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς…
ἐντεύξεως, ἡ (ἐντυγχάνω, which see), a falling in with, meeting with (αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις, Plato, politic., p. 298 d.); an interview, a coming together, to visit, converse, or for any other cause; that for which an interview is held, a conference or conversation (Polybius, Diodorus, others), a petition, supplication (Diodorus 16, 55; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 3, 8; Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 11); used of prayer to God: 1 Tim 4:5; plural (A. V. intercessions), 1 Tim 2:1 (Plutarch, Numbers 14 ποιεῖσθαι τάς πρός τό θεῖον ἐντεύξεις). (Synonym: see δέησις, at the end.)

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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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