Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
2. (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
3. (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
4. (v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PETITIONpe-tish'-un: Used in English Versions of the Bible only as a noun, usually as representing the Hebrew she'elah (Psalm 20:5, mish'alah), from the common verb sha'al, "to ask." The noun, consequently, has no technical meaning, and may be used indifferently in the active (Esther 7:2) or passive (1 Samuel 1:27) sense, or for a petition addressed to either God (1 Samuel 1:17) or man (1 Kings 2:16), while in Judges 8:24 Job 6:8 Psalm 106:15, it is rendered simply "request." Otherwise "petition" represents the Aramaic ba`u (Daniel 6:7, 13), the Greek aitema (1 John 5:15), and deesis (1 Maccabees 7:37, the Revised Version (British and American) "supplication"), and the Latin oratio (2 Esdras 8:24).ru with the Pteria of Herodotus i.76 (identified with Bog-haz-keui, the great Hittite capital in Cappadocia, in ancient times called Hattu).
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Greek
1783. enteuxis -- a petition, ie spec. supplication ... 1782, 1783. enteuxis. 1784 . a
petition, ie spec. supplication.
... 1 Jn 4:17).
Word Origin from entugchano Definition a
petition, ie spec. supplication
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1783.htm - 8k5241. huperentugchano -- to intercede, to make petition for
... to intercede, to make petition for. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
huperentugchano Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-en-toong-khan'-o) Short Definition: ...
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155. aitema -- a request
... a request. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: aitema Phonetic Spelling:
(ah'-ee-tay-mah) Short Definition: a petition, request Definition: a petition ...
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1162. deesis -- a need, entreaty
... Cognate: 1162 (, "to be , "; see the cognate 1189 , "praying for a ") -- heart-
petition, arising out of deep personal need (sense of lack, want). ...
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1793. entugchano -- to chance upon, by impl. confer with, by ext. ...
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: entugchano Phonetic Spelling: (en-toong-khan'-o)
Short Definition: I meet, encounter, call upon, make a petition Definition: (a ...
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154. aiteo -- to ask, request
... to ask, request. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aiteo Phonetic Spelling:
(ahee-teh'-o) Short Definition: I ask, request, beg, petition Definition: I ask ...
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1189. deomai -- to want, entreat
... beseech, pray to, make request. Middle voice of deo; to beg (as binding oneself),
ie Petition -- beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare punthanomai. ...
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2171. euche -- a prayer
... prayer, vow. From euchomai; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God,
or in votive obligation -- prayer, vow. see GREEK euchomai. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1159. bau -- a petition... 1158, 1159. bau. 1160 . a
petition. Transliteration: bau Phonetic Spelling:
(baw-oo') Short Definition:
petition. Word Origin (Aramaic
... /hebrew/1159.htm - 6k 4862. mishalah -- request, petition
... 4861, 4862. mishalah. 4863 . request, petition. Transliteration: mishalah Phonetic
Spelling: (mish-aw-law') Short Definition: desires. ... desire, petition. ...
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7596. sheelah -- request, thing asked for
... request, thing asked for. Transliteration: sheelah or shelah Phonetic Spelling:
(sheh-ay-law') Short Definition: petition. ... loan, petition, request. ...
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1156. bea -- to ask, seek
... Aramaic) corresponding to baah Definition to ask, seek NASB Word Usage asking (1),
looked (1), made request (1), makes (1), makes a petition (1), making (1 ...
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8467. techinnah -- favor, supplication for favor
... Word Origin from chanan Definition favor, supplication for favor NASB Word Usage
grace (1), mercy (1), petition (4), supplication (18), supplications (1). camp. ...
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2603. chanan -- to show favor, be gracious
... compare chanah); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor,
bestow; causatively to implore (ie Move to favor by petition) -- beseech, X ...
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6030a. anah -- to answer, respond
... 2), declare* (1), get...answer (1), give a answer (1), give an account (1), give
him an answer (1), giving (1), go (1), grant them their petition (1), hailed (1 ...
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1246. baqqashah -- request, entreaty
... what i request (1). request. From baqash; a petition -- request. see HEBREW
baqash. 1245, 1246. baqqashah. 1247 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library
The Petition
... CHAPTER XXIV THE PETITION. ... "Put the petition herein inclosed into the Pharaoh's hands!
For my life's sake let it not come into the possession of any other. ...
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The Next Petition Is, Forgive us Our Debts. ...
... Of Prayer. John Calvin Chapter 45 The next petition is, FORGIVE US OUR
DEBTS.? The next petition is, FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS. In ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 45 the next petition.htm
Which is the First Petition?
... Lord's Day 47 Question 122 Which is the first petition? Which is the first
petition? "Hallowed be thy name"; that is, grant us, first ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 122 which is the.htm
Which is the Second Petition?
... Lord's Day 48 Question 123 Which is the second petition? Which is the second
petition? "Thy kingdom come"; that is, rule us so by ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 123 which is the.htm
Which is the Third Petition?
... Lord's Day 49 Question 124 Which is the third petition? Which is the third
petition? "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 124 which is the.htm
Which is the Fourth Petition?
... Lord's Day 50 Question 125 Which is the fourth petition? Which is the
fourth petition? "Give us this day our daily bread"; that ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 125 which is the.htm
Which is the Fifth Petition?
... Lord's Day 51 Question 126 Which is the fifth petition? Which is the fifth
petition? "And forgive us our debts as we forgive our ...
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Which is the Sixth Petition?
... Lord's Day 52 Question 127 Which is the sixth petition? Which is the sixth
petition? "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver ...
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The First Petition Is, Hallowed be Thy Name. ...
... Of Prayer. John Calvin Chapter 41 The first petition is, HALLOWED BE THY
NAME.? The first petition is, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. The ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 41 the first petition.htm
Second Petition of the Same, Sent from Chalcedon to Theodosius ...
... Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, CLXVII. Second Petition of the same,
sent from Chalcedon to Theodosius Augustus. Your piety has ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/clxvii second petition of the.htm
Thesaurus
Petition (33 Occurrences)... to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or
application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to
petition the court; to
.../p/petition.htm - 19kInjunction (8 Occurrences)
... the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute,
and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any ...
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Interdict (6 Occurrences)
... counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute,
and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any ...
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Entreat (55 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly;
to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ...
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Ask (1255 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often
with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. ...
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Address (8 Occurrences)
... 4. (v.) To clothe or array; to dress. 5. (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or
any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). ...
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Wish (141 Occurrences)
... of. 5. (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing. 6. (n.) Expression of desire;
request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. 7. (n ...
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Intercession (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) Mediation between parties at variance; prayer, petition,
or entreaty on behalf of another. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Entreaty (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An earnest request or petition; a plea;
an urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. ...
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Persian (4 Occurrences)
... before a judge"; At. ava-sta, "to stand near"), or (2) a petition (Pahl.
apastan, "petition"; Arm. apastan, "refuge," "asylum"), in ...
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