To call on
ἐντυγχάνωStrong’s G1793entugchanō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Entugchanō is the Greek word usually translated “pleaded”, “intercedes” and “is interceding”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pleaded”, “intercedes” and “is interceding”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they pleaded 1
- he intercedes 1
- is interceding 1
- he pleads 1
- to intercede 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 3
- Acts 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 8:27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
- Romans 8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
- Romans 11:2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
- Hebrews 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Greek dictionary
ἐντυγχάνω entugchanō · to call on
ἐν-τυγχάνω [in LXX: Da TH Dan.6:12-13 (קֶרֶב) Wis.8:20 16:28, 2Ma.2:25 2Mac 4:36 2Mac 6:12 2Mac 15:39, 3Ma.6:37; before κατά, 1Ma.8:32 1Mac 10:61-64 1Mac 11:25 * ;] 1. to fall in with. 2. to meet with in order to converse. 3. to petition, make petition: with dative of person(s), before ὑπέρ with genitive of person(s), Act.25:24 (cf. Field, Notes, 140), Heb.7:25, Rom.8:27, 34 (θεῷ, not expressed); before κατά, against: Rom.11:2 (cf. ἔντευξις, ὑπερ-εντυγχάνω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pleaded” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLE'ADED, participle passive
Offered or urged in defense; alleged in proof or support.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.