1. (v.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent demands, unreasonable or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

2. (v.) To import; to signify.

3. (v. i.) To require; to demand.

4319. prosaiteo -- to ask besides
... beg. From pros and aiteo; to ask repeatedly (importune), ie Solicit -- beg. see
GREEK pros. see GREEK aiteo. (prosaiton) -- 1 Occurrence. 4318, 4319. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4319.htm - 5k7292. rahab -- to act stormily, boisterously or arrogantly
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to act stormily, boisterously or arrogantly
NASB Word Usage confused (1), importune (1), made me bold (1), storm (1). ...
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Impressive Phrases
... solemn, profound, serious, and difficult. solicit, urge, implore, and importune
[importune = insistent requests]. sorrow, disaster, unhappiness, and bereavement ...
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The Earth Brings Forth, as if by Suppuration...
... death by violence? Or does God importune for the blood of men, especially
if He refuses that of bulls and he-goats? [8221] Assuredly ...
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"Because of his Importunity. "
... "BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY.". "Nov.19 [1846]."I am now led more and more to importune
the Lord to send me the means, which are requisite in order that I may ...
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The Joy of the Cross
... I have no other store; And, though with fervent suit I pray,. And importune thee
night and day,. I ask thee nothing more. My rapid hours pursue the course. ...
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The Parables of the Importunate Widow, and of the Pharisee and the ...
... [4917] He show us that it is God the judge whom we must importune with
prayer, and not Himself, if He is not Himself the judge. ...
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Letter xiv. To Heliodorus, Monk.
... He is rich enough who is poor"with Christ. 2. But what is this, and why do I foolishly
importune you again? Away with entreaties, an end to coaxing words. ...
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Even to this Objection we are not at a Loss for an Answer ...
... Were these, then, trifling or unworthy wants to importune the Deity to come down
and take a survey of the nature of man, when mankind was so miserably and ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xv even to this.htm

Thus, Then, all whom the Process Embraced were Brought Before the ...
... For Martin, being then settled at Treves, did not cease to importune Ithacius, that
he should give up his accusations, or to implore Maximus that he should not ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter l thus then all.htm

Letter clxxxiv. To Eustathius, Bishop of Himmeria.
... Pray yourself, and entreat all the brotherhood earnestly to importune the Lord,
to grant us one day release from the present distress. Footnotes: ...
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Letter cxvii. (AD 410. )
... I might importune you at a greater length, and through many of your dear friends;
but I know your disposition, that you do not desire to be solicited, but show ...
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Importune (1 Occurrence)
... worry. 2. (v.) To import; to signify. 3. (vi) To require; to demand.
Multi-Version Concordance Importune (1 Occurrence). Proverbs ...
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Importunity (1 Occurrence)

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Importunate (1 Occurrence)

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Entreat (55 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly;
to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ...
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Push (23 Occurrences)
... too far. 5. (vt) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. 6. (vt) To
importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. 7. (vi ...
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Sure (142 Occurrences)
... 6:3, the King James Version has "Make sure thy friend" for rahabh, "be boisterous"
"beset" the Revised Version (British and American) "importune." The sense is ...
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Surely (587 Occurrences)
... 6:3, the King James Version has "Make sure thy friend" for rahabh, "be boisterous"
"beset" the Revised Version (British and American) "importune." The sense is ...
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Urge (34 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into
the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; (See ...
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Neighbour (139 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into
the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; (See ...
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Importune (1 Occurrence)

Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
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Importune

Importunity (1 Occurrence)

Importunate (1 Occurrence)

Entreat (55 Occurrences)

Push (23 Occurrences)

Sure (142 Occurrences)

Surely (587 Occurrences)

Urge (34 Occurrences)

Neighbour (139 Occurrences)

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