δέησις

18 δέησις , -εως, ἡ ( δέομαι ), [in LXX for תְּחִנָּה , רִנָּה , תְּפִלָּה , etc. ;] a wanting, need (so Ps 21(22):25 ). an asking, entreaty, supplica­tion ; in NT always addressed to God: Lk 1:13 , II Co 1:11 , Phl 1:19 , II Ti 1:3 , Ja 5:16 , I Pe 3:12 (LXX) ; with νηστεῖαι , Lk 2:37 ; προσευχή, -αί , Eph 6:18 , Phl 4:6 , I Ti 2:1 5:5 ; ἱκετηρίαι , He 5:7 ; προσκαρτέρησις , Eph 6:18 ; ἐντεύξεις , I Ti 2:1 ; δ. ποιεῖσθαι (Deiss., BS , 250), Lk 5:33 , Phl 1:4 (pl.), I Ti 2:1 ; seq. ὑπέρ , II Co 9:14 , Phl 1:4 ; περί , Eph 6:18 ; πρός , Ro 10:1 .† SYN. : προσευχή , used of prayer in general, while δ. gives prominence to the sense of need; on the other hand, δ. is used as well of requests from man to man, while π. is limited to prayer to God. ἔντευξις , in the papyri, is the regular word for petition to a superior (Deiss., BS , 250; cf. the Pauline ἐντυγχάνειν , to entreat ). Cf. also εὐχή . ( Ja 5:15 ), αἴτημα , ἱκετηρία (Tr., Syn. , § li; Cremer, 73, 174, 684).