STRONGS G1783:
ἔντευξις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἐντυγχάνω, which see),
a falling in with, meeting with (
αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις, Plato, politic., p. 298 d.);
an interview, a coming together, to visit, converse, or for any other cause;
that for which an interview is held, a conference or
conversation (Polybius, Diodorus, others),
a petition, supplication (Diodorus 16, 55; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 3, 8; Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 11); used of prayer to God:
1 Timothy 4:5; plural
[A. V. intercessions],
1 Timothy 2:1, (Plutarch,
Numbers 14 ποιεῖσθαι τὰς πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἐντεύξεις). [
Synonym: see
δέησις, at the end.]
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Numbers
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14
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1 Timothy
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2:1; 4:5