δέομαι deomai

Greek word for “to pray” · Strong’s G1189 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

δέομαι; (mid. of δέω, II, which see, as depon.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for deomai in context, with how often each is used:

• implore 7
• begged 3
• do pray earnestly 3
• praying 2
• imploring 2
• do beseech 1
• begging 1
• when were praying 1
• pray 1
• 10 imploring 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 8 (3), Luke 8 (2), Luke 9 (2), Matthew 9 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 21 (1), Luke 22 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 10 (1)

Forms

• δέομαι 4
• δεήθητε 3
• δέομαί 3
• δεόμενοι 3
• ἐδεήθην 2
• δεόμενος 2
• ἐδεήθη 1
• ἐδεῖτο 1
• δεηθέντων 1
• δεήθητι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with deomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• ἐκβάλλω ekballō “to expel” 3
• θερισμός therismos “harvest” 2
• ἐργάτης ergatēs “worker” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 3
• ποτέ pote “once/when” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3
• πολύς polus “much” 3
• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3

Key verses

The verses using deomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 5:12 — And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou…
• Luke 8:28 — When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech…
• Luke 8:38 — Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
• Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth…
• Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
• Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
• Acts 4:31 — And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God…
• Acts 8:22 — Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
• Acts 10:2 — A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 8:4 — Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10 — Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.