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Strong's #1783 - ἔντευξις
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ἔντευξις, εως, ἡ,
(ἐντυγχάνω)
1. lighting upon, meeting with, c. dat., αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις Pl. Plt. 298d.
2. converse, intercourse, πρὸς τοὺς πολλούς Arist. Rh. 1355a29: c. gen., Vit.Philonid. p.7C.; ἐντεύξεις ποιεῖσθαί τισι hold converse with.., Isoc. 1.20; [ ἡ πραγματεία] χρήσιμος πρὸς τὰς ἐ. Arist. Top. 101a27, cf. Metaph. 1009a17, etc.; τὴν ἡλικίαν τῇ ἐντεύξει γνωρίζομεν Sor. 2.8. manners, behaviour, Aeschin. 2.47, Thphr. Char. 5.1, 20.1. esp. sexual intercourse, Epicur. Sent.Vat. 51, Fr. 61.
3. ἐντεύξεις ὀχλικαί speeches to the mob, D.H. Th. 50.
4. petition, PSI 4.383.6 (iii B. C.), PFlor. 55.18 (i A. D.), Plu. TG 11, etc.; intercession for a person, D.S. 16.55, Nic. Dam. Fr. 130.7 J., 1 Timothy 2:1(pl.).
5. reading, study, ἡ ἔ. τῆς πραγματείας Plb. 1.1.4, etc.
** ἐν -τευξις , -εως , ἡ
(< ἐντυγχάνω , q.v.),
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 4:3*;]
1. a lighting upon, meeting with.
2. conversation.
3. a petition (in this sense common in Papyri; cf. Deiss., BS, 121 f., 146; MM, Exp., iii): 1 Timothy 4:5; p1., 1 Timothy 2:1.†
SYN.: δέησις G1162 (q.v.).
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The usage of this word in 1 Timothy 2:1; 1 Timothy 4:5, is readily explained by its constant recurrence in the papyri and inscriptions as a kind of ";vox sollemnis"; for a ";petition"; of any kind : cf. Deissmann BS pp. 121, 146, Laqueur Quaestiones, p. 8. Thus in the Ptolemaic papyri it is constantly used of any writing addressed to the King, e.g. in P Par 26.5 (B.C. 163–2) (= Selections, p. 13) the Serapeum Twins remind Ptolemy Philometor and Cleopatra II.—ἐνετύχομεν, καὶ ἐπεδώκαμεν ἔντευξιν : cf. P Amh II. 33.21 (c. B.C. 157), a petition from five cultivators of domain lands to the same Royalties—δεόμεθ᾽ ὑμῶν τῶν μεγίστων θεῶν εἰ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῶν τὴν ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρηματιστάς, P Fay 12.26 (to Cleopatra III. and Ptolemy Alexander—B.C. 103) δέομαι ἐπιστεῖλαί μου τὴν ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀ ̣ποτεταγμένους τῆι κατοικίᾳ χρηματιστάς. In Roman times the word occurs, but rarely, of petitions addressed to the Strategus, e.g. P Flor I. 55.18 (A.D. 88) τ ̣ὰ ̣ δ ̣ιὰ τῆς ἐν ̣τεύξεως δεδηλωμε ̣ν ̣α, ib. 56.9 (A.D. 234) : see further Mitteis Papyruskunde, p. 13 ff., and the editor’s note to P Hamb I. 29.16. For ἐντυχία = ";intercession,"; ";petition,"; as in 3 Maccabees 6:40, cf. P Lond 44.26 (B.C. 161) (= I. p. 34) τὸν τὴν ἐντυχίαν ποιησόμενον, and for a new subst. παράτευξις see P Amh I. 3(a)iii. 22 quoted under παρατυγχάνω.
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