Petition
Petition [1]
pḗ - tish´un : Used in English Versions of the Bible only as a noun, usually as representing the Hebrew שׁאלה , she'ēlāh ( Psalm 20:5 , משׁאלה , mish'ālāh ), from the common verb שׁאל , shā'al , "to ask." The noun, consequently, has no technical meaning, and may be used indifferently in the active ( Esther 7:2 ) or passive ( 1 Samuel 1:27 ) sense, or for a petition addressed to either God ( 1 Samuel 1:17 ) or man ( 1 Kings 2:16 ), while in Judges 8:24; Job 6:8; Psalm 106:15 , it is rendered simply "request." Otherwise "petition" represents the Aramaic בּעוּ , bā‛ū ( Daniel 6:7 , Daniel 6:13 ), the Greek αἴτημα , aı́tēma ( 1 John 5:15 ), and δέησις , déēsis ( 1 Macc 7:37 , the Revised Version (British and American) "supplication"), and the Latin oratio ( 2 Esdras 8:24 ).
