ἐντυγχάνω
entynchánō · G1793 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to plead, to beg, to appeal to, to petition
To ask for something with urgency and intensity
ExamplesActs 25:24 And Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
Romans 8:27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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to intercede, intercession
To speak to someone on behalf of someone else
ExamplesRomans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, but rather, was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
How it’s used In 7 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
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- πλῆθοςmultitude, crowd 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
- θεόςGod 1
- κύριοςLord 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἐνin+ ἐνθάδεhere 1
- ἐνin+ ἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ θεόςGod 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἸσραήλIsrael 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ὑπέρfor+ ἐγώI, we 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To plead, to beg, to appeal to, to petition33.169
- This verb describes making a formal appeal or petition to an authority, used of Festus' description of the Jewish people who appealed to him concerning Paul, demanding his death — "you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer" (Acts 25:24), and of Paul's citation of Elijah pleading with God against Israel — "he pleads with God against Israel" (Romans 11:2).
- To intercede, intercession33.347
- It also describes formal intercession made on behalf of another, used of the Spirit interceding for the saints according to the will of God — "He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God" (Romans 8:27), of Christ Himself at the right hand of God interceding for believers — "who also intercedes for us" (Romans 8:34), and of His eternal ability to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them — "since He always lives to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist ἐνέτυχον; generally with a dative either of person or of thing; 1. to light upon…
1. to light upon a person or a thing, fall in with, hit upon, a person or a thing; so often in Attic.
2. to go to or meet a person, especially for the purpose of conversation, consultation, or supplication (Polybius, Plutarch, Aelian, others): with the addition περί τίνος, the genitive of person, for the purpose of consulting about a person, Acts 25:24 (R. V. made suit); to make petition: ἐνέτυχον τῷ κυρίῳ καί ἐδεήθην αὐτοῦ, Wis. 8:21; ἐνέτυχον τῷ βασιλεῖ τήν ἀπόλυσιν... αἰτούμενοι, 3Macc. 6:37; hence, to pray, entreat: ὑπέρ with the genitive of person to make intercession for anyone (the dative of the person approached in prayer being omitted, as evident from the context), Rom 8:21, Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25, (followed by περί with the genitive of person, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 56, 1 [ET]); τίνι κατά τίνος (to plead with one against anyone), to accuse one to anyone, Rom 11:2, cf. 1 Macc. 8:32 1 Macc. 10:61, 63f 1 Macc. 11:25. (Not found in the Sept.) (Compare: ὑπερεντυγχάνω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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