Quick Definition
petition
Strong's Definition
a petition; by implication, a loan
Derivation: or שֵׁלָה; (1 Samuel 1:17), from H7592 (שָׁאַל);
KJV Usage: loan, petition, request.
TWOT Reference: 2303a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵלָה (she.e.lah) — petition. 1) request, thing asked for, demand 1a) request, petition 1b) thing asked for Aramaic equivalent: she.e.la (שְׁאֵלָא "affair" H7595)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁאל
Wish | Speak | ≈ בַּקָּשָׁה
request = action by which humans experience a desire for something to happen and communicate this to (other) humans or deities in the hope that they will intenvene on their behalf
JDG 8:24 · 1SA 1:17 · 1SA 1:27 · 1SA 2:20 · 1KI 2:16 · 1KI 2:20 · EST 5:6 · EST 5:7 · EST 5:8 · EST 7:2 · EST 7:3 · EST 9:12 · JOB 6:8 · PSA 106:15
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵלָה, [I. שֵׁלָה] n.f. request, thing asked for base