G1189 – deomai – δέομαι – to beg
- Strong’s ID:
- G1189
- Greek Word:
- δέομαι
- Transliteration:
- deomai
- Pronunciation:
- deh’-om-ahee
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- middle voice of G1210
- Usage Count:
- 22
- Search:
- Find “deomai” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to beg
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
middle voice of G1210; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:—beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare G4441.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to want, lack
2) to desire, long for
3) to ask, beg
3a) the thing asked for
3b) to pray, make supplications
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.