Strong’s G1162 · Greek

δέησις
déēsis

Definition

a petition

Etymology

from G1189 (δέομαι);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • prayer
  • request
  • supplication

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.