Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
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Besought
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1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
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10 occurrences in 10 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
11 verses
Deuteronomy
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
2 Kings
22 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Esther
11 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Matthew
55 verses
Mark
66 verses
Luke
1010 verses
John
44 verses
Acts
66 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
1 Timothy
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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παρακαλέω
parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
21 times translated as this KJV form114 total Strong's occurrences
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 8:31Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:3
Open full G3870 profile →ἐρωτάω
erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
9 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences
to interrogate; by implication, to request
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:23Strong's last: John 19:38
Open full G2065 profile →חָלָה
châlâh · khaw-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 32:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 26:19
Open full H2470 profile →חָנַן
chânan · khaw-nan'
4 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 42:21Strong's last: Esther 8:3
Open full H2603 profile →δέομαι
déomai · deh'-om-ahee
3 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, pray (to), make request.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 5:12Strong's last: Luke 9:40
Open full G1189 profile →בָּקַשׁ
bâqash · baw-kash'
2 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Strong's KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:16Strong's last: Ezra 8:23
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H1245
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
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besought
BESOUGHT', besaut'. participle passive of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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