Entreaty
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) An earnest request or petition; a plea; an urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

2. (n.) Treatment; reception; entertainment.

Greek
1162. deesis -- a need, entreaty
... a need, entreaty. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: deesis Phonetic
Spelling: (deh'-ay-sis) Short Definition: supplication, prayer Definition ...
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2428. hiketeria -- supplication
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hiketeria Phonetic Spelling:
(hik-et-ay-ree'-ah) Short Definition: supplication, entreaty Definition: (originally ...
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3874. paraklesis -- a calling to one's aid, ie encouragement ...
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paraklesis Phonetic Spelling:
(par-ak'-lay-sis) Short Definition: exhortation, entreaty, encouragement, comfort ...
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3849. parabiazomai -- to force against (nature)
... constrain. From para and the middle voice of biazo; to force contrary to (nature),
ie Compel (by entreaty) -- constrain. see GREEK para. see GREEK biazo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1246. baqqashah -- request, entreaty
... 1245, 1246. baqqashah. 1247 . request, entreaty. Transliteration: baqqashah
Phonetic Spelling: (bak-kaw-shaw') Short Definition: request. ...
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6279. athar -- to pray, supplicate
... root Definition to pray, supplicate NASB Word Usage answered (1), answered their
prayers (1), entreat (2), entreated (2), listened to our entreaty (1), made ...
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4994. na -- I (we) pray, now
... particle of entreaty or exhortation Definition I (we) pray, now NASB Word Usage
Ah (2), beg (1), beseech (1), come (3), implore (1), may (1), now (159), O (2 ...
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8470. Tachani -- descendant of Tahan
... of Tahan NASB Word Usage Tahanites (1). entreaty, supplication. Patronymically from
Tachan; a Tachanite (collectively) or descendants of Tachan -- Tahanites. ...
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8467. techinnah -- favor, supplication for favor
... camp. From chanan; graciousness; causatively, entreaty -- favour, grace, supplication.
see HEBREW chanan. 8466, 8467. techinnah. 8468 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

A Message of Warning and Entreaty
... Lesson 29 A Message of Warning and Entreaty. [This chapter is based on the
First Epistle to the Corinthians.] The first epistle to ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 29 a message of.htm

Entreaty to be Fairly Judged.
... Chapter XXXVII."Entreaty to Be Fairly Judged. And now do you, who are entirely
in everything, by nature and by education, upright ...
/.../athenagoras/a plea for the christians/chapter xxxvii entreaty to be fairly.htm

To Whose Person the Entreaty for the Promises is to be Understood ...
... Chapter 12."To Whose Person the Entreaty for the Promises is to Be Understood to
Belong, When He Says in the Psalm, "Where are Thine Ancient Compassions, Lord ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 12 to whose person the.htm

Commandment Tenth. Of Grief, and not Grieving the Spirit of God ...
... For the entreaty of the sorrowful man has no power to ascend to the altar of God."
"Why," say I, "does not the entreaty of the grieved man ascend to the altar ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/commandment tenth of grief and.htm

Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus ...
... outside the Pleroma, and discovering (Sophia) in the midst of those four primary
passions, both fear and sorrow, and perplexity and entreaty, he rectified her ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxvii valentinus explanation of the.htm

Matt. xv. 21, 22
... such evil case: she not even venturing to bring into the Master's sight her that
was possessed, but leaving her to lie at home, and herself making the entreaty ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lii matt xv 21.htm

By Collating Similar Passages with 1 Sam. ...
... question is, Who in such a case can entreat? The entreaty is not excluded.
41. Then you have in the fifteenth Psalm: "Lord, who ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix by collating similar.htm

2 Cor. Ix. 1
... A little before thou saidst, [they did it] "of their own accord, beseeching us with
much entreaty," how then now, "your zeal?" Yes,' he saith, we did not advise ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xix 2 cor ix.htm

The Kingdom of all Israel.
... Their entreaty was granted, and in 1094 BC Saul the son of Kish, of the small but
fierce tribe of Benjamin, was appointed by God, and anointed like a priest by ...
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Matt. Ix. 27-30.
... For in many cases He made a point of healing on entreaty, lest any should suppose
Him to be rushing [1338] upon these miracles through vainglory: and not on ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxii matt ix 27-30.htm

Thesaurus
Entreaty (12 Occurrences)
...Entreaty (12 Occurrences). ... (WEY). 2 Corinthians 8:4 begging us with much entreaty
to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints. ...
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Unwearied (5 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Unceasing (11 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Opportunities (4 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Occasions (8 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Fitting (29 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Entreat (55 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
6. (vi) To make an earnest petition or request. 7. (n.) Entreaty. Int. ...
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Persistence (2 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Alert (19 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Seize (91 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion
in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Entreaty (12 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 1:11
while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 5:20
On Christ's behalf therefore we come as ambassadors, God, as it were, making entreaty through our lips: we, on Christ's behalf, beseech men to be reconciled to God.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 8:4
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 8:17
For he received indeed the entreaty, but, being full of zeal, he went of his own accord to you;
(DBY)

Ephesians 6:18
Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,
(WEY)

Genesis 25:21
And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she 'is' barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,
(YLT)

Exodus 8:28
And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.'
(See RSV)

Judges 13:8
And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, 'O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.'
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and He was entreated of them, because they put their trust in Him.
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 33:13
And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD He was God.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 33:19
and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.
(YLT RSV NIV)

Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this; and He was entreated of us.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Entreaty

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Lips (199 Occurrences)

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Boon (4 Occurrences)

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Conceiveth (27 Occurrences)

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Attitude (12 Occurrences)

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Ah (43 Occurrences)

Attempt (23 Occurrences)

Sharing (18 Occurrences)

Suppliant (1 Occurrence)

Supplication (71 Occurrences)

Support (135 Occurrences)

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Shrines (40 Occurrences)

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Direct (58 Occurrences)

Share (138 Occurrences)

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Service (317 Occurrences)

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Calling (145 Occurrences)

Separate (115 Occurrences)

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