noun · feminine
enteuxias
Strong’sG1783
a petition, prayer, intercession
stem enteuxi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἔν-τευξις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐντυγχάνω, q.v.), [in LXX: II Mac 4:8 *;]
SYN.: δέησις (q.v.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1783 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saident'-yook-sis
an interview, i.e. (specially) supplication
Fromfrom G1793;
King Jamesintercession, prayer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἐντυγχάνω) lighting upon, meeting with, with dative, αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις Refs 5th c.BC+
2 converse, intercourse, πρὸς τοὺς πολλούς Refs 4th c.BC+.; ἐντεύξεις ποιεῖσθαί τισι hold converse with.., Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b manners, behaviour, Refs 4th c.BC+
2.c especially sexual intercourse, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 ἐντεύξεις ὀχλικαί speeches to the mob, Refs 1st c.BC+
4 petition, Refs 3rd c.BC+; intercession for a person, NT+2nd c.BC+
5 reading, study, ἡ ἔ. τῆς πραγματείας Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | enteuxias | enteuxiais |
| object accusative | enteuxian | enteuxiain1×ἐντεύξεις |
| direct address vocative | enteuxiar | enteuxiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | enteuxiau1×ἐντεύξεως | enteuxiaiu |
| to, for dative | enteuxia | enteuxiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
enteuxia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
enteuxiau“prayer”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Timothy 4:5hagiazotō gar dia logou theou kai enteuxiau.… by the word of God and prayer.
enteuxiain“intercessions”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Timothy 2:1… oun prōtem panteiu poiorō deēsiain, proseuchain, enteuxiain, eucharistiain, huper pantoiu anthrōpoiu,… then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—