δέησις

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G1162

Transliteration: déēsis

Pronunciation: deh'-ay-sis

Definition: prayer

- Original: δέησις

- Transliteration: Deesis

- Phonetic: deh'-ay-sis

- Definition:

1. need, indigence, want, privation, penury

2. a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God or to man

- Origin: from G1189" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1189

- TDNT entry: 02:40,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G1189" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1189; a petition: - prayer request supplication.