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Supplications, a term frequently encountered in the Bible, refers to earnest and humble requests or petitions made to God. This form of prayer is characterized by a deep sense of need and dependence on divine intervention. Supplications are often accompanied by a spirit of humility and contrition, reflecting the supplicant's recognition of God's sovereignty and mercy.

The concept of supplication is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative, where individuals and communities turn to God in times of distress, seeking His guidance, provision, and deliverance. The Hebrew and Greek words translated as "supplication" in the Bible convey a sense of earnest pleading and entreaty.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, supplications are often associated with personal and communal crises. The Psalms, in particular, are replete with examples of supplications, where the psalmists cry out to God for help and deliverance. For instance, Psalm 28:2 states, "Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary."

The practice of supplication is also evident in the lives of key biblical figures. King Solomon, during the dedication of the temple, offers a prayer of supplication, asking God to hear the prayers of His people: "May You hear the supplication of Your servant and Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive" (2 Chronicles 6:21).

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, supplications continue to play a vital role in the life of believers. The Apostle Paul frequently exhorts Christians to engage in supplications as part of their prayer life. In Ephesians 6:18 , Paul writes, "Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints."

The New Testament also highlights the importance of supplications in the context of intercessory prayer. In 1 Timothy 2:1 , Paul urges, "First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone."

Theological Significance

Supplications underscore the believer's reliance on God's grace and power. They are an acknowledgment of human limitations and the need for divine assistance. Through supplications, believers express their trust in God's ability to intervene in their circumstances and bring about His will.

The act of supplication is not merely a request for personal needs but also an expression of worship and submission to God's will. It reflects a heart that is attuned to God's purposes and desires to align with His plans.

Practical Application

In the life of a believer, supplications are an integral part of a vibrant prayer life. They serve as a means of drawing closer to God, fostering a deeper relationship with Him. By presenting their needs and concerns to God through supplications, believers cultivate a spirit of dependence and trust in His providence.

Supplications also encourage believers to intercede on behalf of others, reflecting the communal aspect of the Christian faith. By lifting up the needs of others in prayer, believers participate in the work of God's kingdom and demonstrate love and compassion for their fellow human beings.

In summary, supplications are a vital component of biblical prayer, reflecting a heart that earnestly seeks God's intervention and aligns with His will. Through supplications, believers express their dependence on God and participate in His redemptive work in the world.

Greek

2428. hiketeria -- supplication
... Word Origin from hiketerios; from adjective hiketes (a suppliant) Definition
supplication NASB Word Usage supplications (1). supplication. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2428.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

8469. tachanun -- supplication for favor
... 8468, 8469. tachanun. 8470 . supplication for favor. Transliteration: tachanun
Phonetic Spelling: (takh-an-oon') Short Definition: supplications. ...
/hebrew/8469.htm - 6k

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. ...
/hebrew/8467.htm - 6k

Library

Of Supplications.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XI. Of Supplications. "I exhort
therefore first of all that supplications be made." Supplication ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xi of supplications.htm

The Lord Has Heard those Supplications which You, My Best Beloved ...
... Chap. I. The Lord has heard those supplications which you, my best beloved
Donatus? The Lord has heard those supplications which ...
/.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap i the lord has.htm

But Though Prayer is Properly Confined to Vows and Supplications.. ...
... Of Prayer. John Calvin Chapter 28 But though prayer is properly confined
to vows and supplications? But though prayer is properly ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 28 but though prayer.htm

The Redeemer's Return is Necessitated by the Supplications of the ...
... Chapter One The Need of the Redeemer's Return IX. THE REDEEMER'S RETURN
IS NECESSITATED BY THE SUPPLICATIONS OF THE CHURCH. While ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/ix the redeemers return is.htm

Whether the Parts of Prayer are Fittingly Described as ...
... OF PRAYER (SEVENTEEN ARTICLES) Whether the parts of prayer are fittingly described
as supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the parts of prayer.htm

Whether These Four Kinds of Prayers are Necessary for Everyone to ...
... And of these four kinds, although sometimes occasions arise for richer and fuller
prayers (for from the class of supplications which arises from sorrow for sin ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv whether these four.htm

If this be True, Doubtless Also the Providing for the Interment of ...
... through absence of all facility not allow bodies to be interred, or in such places
interred, yet should there be no pretermitting of supplications for the ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /6 if this be true.htm

The General Service to a Nun.
... soul and of the body, to drive away unclean spirits by your spirit, and to be a
patron unto all afflicted; wherefore with thy supplications entreat healings ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxii the general service.htm

The Essence of Prayer.
... The supplications of the saints on earth differ from those of the saints in heaven,
those who rejoice before the throne and those who cry from under the altar. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxix the essence of prayer.htm

Of the Fourfold Nature of Prayer.
... of prayer, which the Apostle divides in a fourfold manner, when he says as follows:
"I exhort therefore first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter ix of the fourfold.htm

Thesaurus

Supplications (32 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Supplications (32 Occurrences). Luke 2:37 and she
had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who ...
/s/supplications.htm - 16k

Supplication (71 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Psalms 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications,
when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. ...
/s/supplication.htm - 29k

Dwelling-place (38 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 6:21 And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from ...
/d/dwelling-place.htm - 17k

Intercession (12 Occurrences)
... of Term: The meaning of the word is determined by its use in 1 Timothy 2:1, "I exhort,
therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions ...
/i/intercession.htm - 52k

Supplied (22 Occurrences)

/s/supplied.htm - 13k

Longing (40 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 9:14 while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour
out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which ...
/l/longing.htm - 18k

Water-brooks (6 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them;
I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they ...
/w/water-brooks.htm - 8k

Friendless (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Timothy 5:5 A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate, has her hopes
fixed on God, and continues at her supplications and prayers, night and day ...
/f/friendless.htm - 6k

Thanksgiving (49 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions
and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men; (Root in WEY ASV DBY ...
/t/thanksgiving.htm - 23k

Thankful (15 Occurrences)
... 1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience,
how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and ...
/t/thankful.htm - 10k

Resources

What is a prayer of supplication? | GotQuestions.org

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Supplications (32 Occurrences)

Luke 2:37
and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
(ASV YLT)

Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the 'disciples' of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.
(ASV DBY YLT)

2 Corinthians 9:14
while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which is resting upon you.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 2:1
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Timothy 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day
(ASV DBY YLT)

Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Peter 3:12
because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
(DBY)

2 Samuel 21:14
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 24:25
David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 8:52
That thy eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all their supplications to thee.
(WBS)

1 Kings 8:54
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 6:21
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 6:39
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Psalms 28:6
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 86:6
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Psalms 116:1
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Psalms 130:2
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 140:6
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 143:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 18:23
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
(DBY YLT NAS)

Isaiah 19:22
And the Lord will send punishment on Egypt, and will make them well again; and when they come back to the Lord he will give ear to their prayer and take away their disease.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 3:21
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Daniel 9:23
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

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