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
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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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G3870
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
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.
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.
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,
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:
G1189
And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
G2065
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
G2065
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
G2065
When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
G2065
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
G2065
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
G3870
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
G3870
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
G3870
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
G3870
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
G3870
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
G3870
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
G3870
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
G3870
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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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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