Words the Bible translates as petition
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- she'elahשְׁאֵלָהa request or petition: something asked of another, whether a person in power or God, and by extension the thing that is asked for.
- baqqashahבַּקָּשָׁהa request laid before a king: the particular thing a petitioner is after, asked with the expectation that it will be granted.
- ba'uבָּעוּpetitionnot studied yet
- mishalahמִשְׁאָלָהa petition: a specific thing asked of God, which he grants
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