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besought

Meaning of “besought”

Asked, requested, or entreated.

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First occurrence: Genesis 42:21

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Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:19 · retained source text

Did Hezekiah King of Iudah and all Iudah put him at all to death? did hee not feare the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the euill which he had pronounced against them? thus might wee procure great euill against our soules.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the face of the LORD.

Matthew 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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1611 witness · Matthew 8:31 · retained source text

So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd of swine.

Matthew 8:34
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
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And behold, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that hee would depart out of their coasts.

Matthew 14:36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
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1611 witness · Matthew 14:36 · retained source text

And besought him, that they might onely touch the hemme of his garment; and as many as touched, were made perfectly whole.

Matthew 15:23
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
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1611 witness · Matthew 15:23 · retained source text

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came, and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cryeth after vs.

Matthew 18:29
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
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1611 witness · Matthew 18:29 · retained source text

And his fellow seruant fell downe at his feete, and besought him, saying, Haue patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

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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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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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

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