Words the Bible translates as supplication
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 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
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
+1 more meaning
- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
- taḥanunתַּחֲנוּןan earnest plea for favor: a request that rests entirely on the kindness of the one addressed, made by someone with no claim of their own to stand on
- hiketēriaἱκετηρίαsupplicationnot studied yet
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