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Lexicon :: Strong's G1189 - deomai

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δέομαι
Transliteration
deomai (Key)
Pronunciation
deh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of δέω (G1210)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:40,144

Strong’s Definitions

δέομαι déomai, deh'-om-ahee; middle voice of G1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:—beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare G4441.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G1189 in the following manner: pray (12x), beseech (9x), make request (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G1189 in the following manner: pray (12x), beseech (9x), make request (1x).

  1. to want, lack

  2. to desire, long for

  3. to ask, beg

    1. the thing asked for

    2. to pray, make supplications

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δέομαι déomai, deh'-om-ahee; middle voice of G1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:—beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare G4441.
STRONGS G1189:
δέομαι; 3 person singular imperfect ἐδέετο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 220; Winers Grammar, 46; [Veitch, under the word δέω to need at the end]), Luke 8:38 (where Lachmann ἐδέειτο, Tr WH ἐδεῖτο; cf. Meyer at the passage; [WHs Appendix, p. 166]; Buttmann, 55 (48)); 1 aorist ἐδεήθην; (from δέω to want, need; whence middle δέομαι to stand in need of, want for oneself); [from Herodotus down];
1. to want, lack: τινός.
2. to desire, long for: τινός.
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, Galatians 4:12; the thing sought being specified in direct discourse: Luke 5:12; Luke 8:28; Luke 9:38 (according to the reading ἐπίβλεψον R L); Acts 8:34 (δέομαί σου, περὶ τίνος ὁ προφήτης λέγει τοῦτο; of whom, I pray thee, doth the prophet say this?); Acts 21:39; 2 Corinthians 5:20; followed by the infinitive, Luke 8:38; Luke 9:38 (according to the reading ἐπιβλέψαι Tr WH); Acts 26:3 (where G L T Tr WH omit σοῦ after δέομαι); followed by ἵνα, Luke 9:40 (cf. Winers Grammar, 335 (315); [Buttmann, 258 (222)]); followed by τό with an infinitive 2 Corinthians 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 Corinthians 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. Matthew 9:38; Luke 10:2; without the genitive θεοῦ, — followed by εἴ πως, Romans 1:10 [cf. Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, the passages cited]; by ἵνα, Luke 21:36; Luke 22:32; by the telic εἰς τό, 1 Thessalonians 3:10 [cf. Buttmann, 265 (228)]; ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τὸν κύριον, ὅπως, Acts 8:24. [Synonyms: see αἰτέω and δέησις. Compare: προσδέομαι.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:38
Luke
5:12; 8:28; 8:38; 8:38; 9:38; 9:38; 9:40; 10:2; 21:36; 22:32
Acts
4:31; 8:22; 8:24; 8:34; 10:2; 21:39; 26:3
Romans
1:10
2 Corinthians
5:20; 8:4; 10:2
Galatians
4:12
1 Thessalonians
3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1189 matches the Greek δέομαι (deomai),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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But Lot said to them, “No, my lords[fn] ​— ​please.

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They said, “My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

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But Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

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But Moses replied to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent ​— ​either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant ​— ​because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.”[fn]

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Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”[fn]

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So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, these people have committed a grave sin; they have made a god of gold for themselves.

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and said to Moses, “My lord, please don’t hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

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Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “God, please heal her! ”

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“At that time I begged the LORD:

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“I fell down like the first time in the presence of the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and angering him.

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“I fell down in the presence of the LORD forty days and forty nights because the LORD had threatened to destroy you.

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“Oh, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did you ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

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I call for my servant, but he does not answer,

even if I beg him with my own mouth.

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