What does ἔντευξις (énteuxis) mean in the Bible?
ἔντευξις (énteuxis): A petition or appeal made directly to someone in authority, especially intercessory prayer.
Greek · G1783
ἔντευξις
Intercession
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ἔντευξις G1783
Pronunciation énteuxis
What does ἔντευξις (énteuxis) mean in the Bible?
ἔντευξις (énteuxis): A petition or appeal made directly to someone in authority, especially intercessory prayer.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1783?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include intercessions (1), prayer (1).
Where does ἔντευξις (énteuxis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It intercessions 1× 1 Timothy 2:1
prayer 1× 1 Timothy 4:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 2:1
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
1 Timothy 2
Source forms
ἐντεύξεις 1x enteuxeis 1 Timothy 2:1
ἐντεύξεως 1x enteuxeōs 1 Timothy 4:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 2:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Timothy 4:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A petition or appeal made directly to someone in authority, especially intercessory prayer.
Strong's G1783
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Source Gloss
intercession
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A petition or appeal made directly to someone in authority, especially intercessory prayer.
(ἐντυγχάνω, which see), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:3 * ;]
1a lighting upon, meeting with.
2conversation.
3a petition (in this sense common in π.; cf. Deiss., BS, 121 f., 146; MM, Exp., iii): 1Ti.4:5; p1., 1Ti.2:1.
Synonymsδέησις (which see)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 2:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἐντεύξεις, enteuxeiv
a petition, prayer, intercession
Read verse 1 Timothy 4:5 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐντεύξεως. enteuxewv
a petition, prayer, intercession
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 4:5 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 2:1 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Approaching God on behalf of others with specific requests.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἔντευξις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Corporate worship is outward-facing, carrying the needs of the world before God rather than remaining inwardly focused. 1 Timothy 2:1-7
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain