δέομαι
(mid. of δέω, II, q.v., as depon.) [in LXX for חנן, etc.;]
to want for oneself;
1. to want, need:
(a) absol.;
(b) c. gen.
2. to beg, request, beseech, pray;
(i) in general: absol., Ac 26:3, WH; c. gen. pers., Lk 5:128:28, 38 (ἐδεῖτο; T, ἐδέετο, cf. Veitch, s.v. δέω) 9:38, Ac 8:3421:39, II Co 5:20, Ga 4:12; seq. ἵνα, Lk 9:40; seq. τό, c. inf., II Co 10:2; c. gen. pers. et rei, II Co 8:4;
(ii) of prayer to God: absol., Ac 4:31; seq. εἴ πως, Ro 1:10; ἵνα, Lk 21:3622:32; εἰς τό, I Th 3:10; ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ πρὸς τ. κύριον, ὅπως, Ac 8:24; c. gen., τοῦ κυρίου, ὅπως, Mt 9:38, Lk 10:2; τοῦ Θεοῦ, Ac 10:2; seq. εἰ ἄρα, Ac 8:22.†
SYN.: αἰτέω, and cf. δέησις.