Petition (Hastings' Dictionary)
- abxv from ὑπ᾿ to ask, is tr. ‘petition’ in 1 17-2, 1 K 216-2, Bet 5% 7872-8 gi2, In Jg 8% we find the subst. and vb. together, liter- ally ‘ask an asking,’ EV ‘desire a request.’ So 1 Row (EV ‘ask a petition’), 2°° (EV ‘desire a peti- tion’). In Est 57 ‘petition’ and ‘request’ appear as synonyms (Heb. 7>xv and nypz). 2. abxvn from the same vb., Ps 205. 8, The Aram. 3y3, from xya ‘to inquire into,’ Dn 67-18; in v.! the subst. is not expressed in Heb. 4, δέησις, 1 Mac 757 ‘a house of rayer and petition’ (οἶκος προσευχῆς καὶ δεήσεως ; R ‘prayer and supplication’). 5. alrnua, 1 Jn 518 ‘We have the petitions which we desired’ (ra αἰτήματα ἃ ἠτήκαμεν, RV ‘which we have asked’), 6. Oratio, 2 Es 85".
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Petition
Petition pe-tish'-un: Used in English Versions of the Bible only as a noun, usually as representing the Hebrew she'elah (Ps 20:5, mish'alah), from the common verb [~sha'al, "to ask." The noun, consequently, has no technical meaning, and may be used indifferently in the active (Es 7:2) or passive (1Sa 1:27) sense, or for a petition addressed to either God (1Sa 1:17) or man (1Ki 2:16), while in Jg 8:24; Job 6:8; Ps 106:15, it is rendered simply "request." Otherwise "petition" represents the Aramaic ba`u (Da 6:7,13), the Greek aitema (1Jo 5:15), and deesis (1 Macc 7:37, the Revised Version (British and American) "supplication"), and the Latin oratio (2 Esdras 8:24).ru with the Pteria of Herodotus i.76 (identified with Bog-haz-keui, the great Hittite capital in Cappadocia, in ancient times called Hattu). ⇒See a list of verses on PETITION in the Bible. Burton Scott Easton ⇒See the definition of petition in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
References
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