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besought

Meaning of “besought”

Asked, requested, or entreated.

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44 occurrences44 verses17 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 42:21

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Mark 5:10
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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1611 witness · Mark 5:10 · retained source text

And hee besought him much, that he would not send them away out of the countrey.

Mark 5:12
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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1611 witness · Mark 5:12 · retained source text

And all the deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:23
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
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1611 witness · Mark 5:23 · retained source text

And besought him greatly, saying, My litle daughter lieth at the point of death, I pray thee come and lay thy hands on her, that shee may be healed, and she shall liue.

Mark 6:56
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
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1611 witness · Mark 6:56 · retained source text

And whithersouer he entred, into villages, or cities, or countrie, they laide the sicke in the streetes, & besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him, were made whole.

1611 marginal noteOr, it.

Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
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1611 witness · Mark 7:26 · retained source text

(The woman was a Greek: a Syrophenician by nation:) and she besought him that he would cast forth the deuill out of her daughter.

1611 marginal noteOr, Gentile.

Mark 8:22
¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
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1611 witness · Mark 8:22 · retained source text

¶ And he commeth to Bethsaida, and they bring a blind man vnto him, and besought him to touch him:

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