'Besought' in the Bible

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying,

And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

(And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device which he had devised against the Jews.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.

and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.

And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,

And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.

But the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying,

And behold, a man came, whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus besought him to come to his house,

And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.

But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.

but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.

And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,

For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.