G1961 (entynchanō), meet, turn to, approach, petition, pray, intercede; ὑπερεντυγχάνω G5659 (hyperentynchanō), plead, intercede. CL & OT entynchanō occurs in cl. Gk. from Soph. and Hdt. onwards and is found in inscriptions, the papyri, the LXX, Philo and Josephus. It means to approach or appeal to someone (e.g. Polyb., 4, 30, 1; Dan. 6:13 [12] LXX; Josephus, Ant. 16, 170; 12, 18). It is found in the papyri in the sense of appealing to someone against a third person (cf. Arndt, 269).