DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Besought

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

44exact KJV occurrences 11Old Testament 33New Testament 17books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 44occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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HEAVIEST BOOK

Luke

10 occurrences in 10 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where besought appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

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

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG3870

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

beseech 20 exhort 14 comforted 11 comfort 8 desired 5 pray 4 exhorted 3 beseeching 2

Strong's first: Matthew 8:31Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:3

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GreekG2065

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.

Other KJV renderings

asked 9 ask 9 I pray 5 desired 4 beseech 4 prayed 2 they 2 will pray 2

Strong's first: Matthew 15:23Strong's last: John 19:38

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HebrewH2470

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

sick 34 weak 4 grievous 4 diseased 3 wounded 3 pray 3 intreat 2 sore 2

Strong's first: Exodus 32:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 26:19

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HebrewH2603

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

mercy 16 gracious 13 merciful 12 supplication 10 favour 7 pity 4 given 1 me 1

Strong's first: Genesis 42:21Strong's last: Esther 8:3

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GreekG1189

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

beseech 5 pray 3 prayed 2 Pray ye 1 pray ye 1 and pray 1 have prayed 1 when 1

Strong's first: Luke 5:12Strong's last: Luke 9:40

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HebrewH1245

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

seek 106 sought 53 seeketh 19 require 10 seekest 7 out 4 Seek 4 request 3

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:16Strong's last: Ezra 8:23

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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10 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Luke 4:38

G2065

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

Luke 5:12

G1189

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 7:4

G3870

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

Luke 8:31

G3870

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Luke 8:32

G3870

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Luke 8:37

G2065

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Luke 8:38

G1189

Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 8:41

G3870

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

Luke 9:40

G1189

And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

Luke 11:37

G2065

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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