ἔντευξις, ἐντεύξεως, ἡ (ἐντυγχάνω, which see), a falling in with, meeting with (αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις, Plato, politic., p. 298 d.); an interview, a coming together, to visit, converse, or for any other cause; that for which an interview is held, a conference or conversation (Polybius, Diodorus, others), a petition, supplication (Diodorus 16, 55; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 3, 8; Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 11); used of prayer to God: 1Ti_4:5; plural (A. V. intercessions), 1Ti_2:1 (Plutarch, Num_14:1-45 ποιεῖσθαι τάς πρός τό θεῖον ἐντεύξεις). (Synonym: see δέησις, at the end.)

ἔντευξις enteuxis 2x pr. a meeting with; hence address; prayer, supplication, intercession, 1Ti_2:1 ; 1Ti_4:5

** ἐν -τευξις , -εως , ἡ ( < ἐντυγχάνω , q.v. ), [in LXX : 2Ma_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): 1Ti_4:5 ; p1., 1Ti_2:1 .† SYN.: δέησις G1162 ( q.v. ).

ἔντευξις [page 218] The usage of this word in 1Ti_2:1 ; 1Ti_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 ἀ̣ποτεταγμένους 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) τ̣ὰ̣ δ̣ιὰ τῆς ἐν̣τεύξεως δεδηλωμε̣ν̣α , 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 3Ma_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 .

ἔντευξις ἔντευξις, εως [Etym: ἐντυγχάνω] "a lighting upon, meeting with, converse, intercourse", τινος "with" a person, Aeschin. "a petition", Plut. : "intercession" for a person, NTest.

ἐν-τευξις, -εως, ἡ (ἐντυγχάνω, which see), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:3 * ;] __1. a lighting upon, meeting with. __2. conversation. __3. a petition (in this sense common in π.; cf. Deiss., BS, 121 f., 146; MM, Exp., iii): 1Ti.4:5; p1., 1Ti.2:1.† SYN.: δέησις (which see) (AS)