King James Bible Dictionary

Of man with man

General references
1 Samuel 2:25

Instances of:

Reuben for Joseph
Genesis 37:21-22

Judah for Joseph
Genesis 37:26-27

Pharaoh's chief baker for Joseph
Genesis 41:9-13; Genesis 40:14

Jonathan for David
1 Samuel 19:1-7

Abigail for Nabal
1 Samuel 25:23-35

Joab for Absalom
2 Samuel 14:1-24

Bath-Sheba for Solomon
1 Kings 1:15-31

Bath-Sheba for Adonijah
1 Kings 2:13-25

Ebed-Melech for Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:7-13

Elisha offers to see the king for the Shunammite
2 Kings 4:13

The king of Syria for Naaman
2 Kings 5:6-8

Paul for Onesimus
Philippians 1:10-21

Of man with God
Genesis 20:7; Exodus 28:12; Exodus 28:29-30; Exodus 28:38; Exodus 32:9-14; Numbers 6:23-26; Numbers 14:11-20; Numbers 16:46-50; Deuteronomy 5:5; Deuteronomy 7:9; Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:20; Deuteronomy 9:25-29; 1 Samuel 7:5-8; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 15:24-26; 1 Samuel 15:30; Job 1:5; Job 9:32-33; Job 16:21; Job 42:8-10; Psalms 122:6; Isaiah 62:6-7; Isaiah 65:8; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14; Jeremiah 14:11; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 29:7; Ezekiel 22:30; Matthew 8:5-13; Mark 6:55-56; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:14-20; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 5:16

Exemplified

General references
Genesis 48:15-20; Exodus 32:31-32; Exodus 34:9; Numbers 10:35-36; Numbers 27:16-17; Joshua 7:7-26; Judges 5:31; Ruth 2:12; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 8:38-39; 1 Kings 8:44-45; 1 Chronicles 29:18-19; 2 Chronicles 6:40-41; 2 Chronicles 30:18-19; Psalms 7:9; Psalms 12:1; Psalms 20:1-4; Psalms 25:22; Psalms 28:9; Psalms 36:10; Psalms 51:18; Psalms 80:1-2; Psalms 80:14-15; Psalms 80:17; Psalms 80:19; Psalms 122:7; Psalms 125:4; Psalms 132:8-10; Psalms 134:3; Psalms 141:5; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 63:17-19; Isaiah 64:8-12; Jeremiah 18:20; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Daniel 9:3-19; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:14; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 6:10; Acts 7:60; Acts 8:15; Romans 1:9; Romans 10:1; 1 Corinthians 1:3; Galatians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 9:10; 2 Corinthians 9:14; 2 Corinthians 13:7; Galatians 6:16; Ephesians 1:15-19; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; Ephesians 3:14-19; Philippians 1:3-5; Philippians 1:9-10; Colossians 1:3-4; Colossians 1:9; Colossians 2:1-2; Colossians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13; 2 Timothy 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 4:16; Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 13:20-21; 1 Peter 5:10
Prayer, Intercessory

Additional instances of:

Abraham:

In behalf of Sodom
Genesis 18:23-32

In behalf of Abimelech
Genesis 20:17-18

Abraham's servant, in behalf of his master
Genesis 24:12

Jacob, in behalf of his children
Genesis 1:49

Moses:

In behalf of Pharaoh
Exodus 8:12-13; Exodus 8:30-31; Exodus 9:33; Exodus 10:18-19

For Israel
Numbers 16:20-22; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 33:6-17; Psalms 106:23

For Miriam
Numbers 12:13-15

David, for Israel
2 Samuel 24:17

Solomon, for Israel
1 Kings 8:29-53

Ezra, for Israel
Ezra 9:5-15

Nehemiah, in behalf of Judah and Jerusalem
Nehemiah 1:4-9

Asaph, for the church
Nehemiah 19:80; Nehemiah 19:83

Korah, for the church
Psalms 85:1-7

Jeremiah, for Israel
Jeremiah 14:7-22

Amos, for Israel
Amos 7:2-6

Syro-Phenician woman, for her daughter
Matthew 15:22

Disciples, in behalf of Peter's wife's mother
Luke 4:38-39

Parents, for lunatic son
Matthew 17:15; Mark 9:17-27

Others, who sought Jesus in behalf of the afflicted
Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 15:30; Matthew 17:14-18; Mark 1:32; Mark 2:3; Luke 5:18-20; John 4:47; John 4:49

Paul, for the church
Acts 20:32

Onesiphorus
2 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:18

For Paul, by the churches
Acts 14:26; Acts 15:40

Solicited, instances of:

By Pharaoh, of Moses
Exodus 8:8; Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 10:17; Exodus 12:32

By the Israelites, of Moses
Numbers 21:7

By Israel, of Samuel
1 Samuel 12:19

By Jeroboam, of a prophet
1 Kings 13:6

By Hezekiah, of Isaiah
2 Kings 19:1-4

By Zedekiah, of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 37:3

By Johanan, of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 42:1-6

By Daniel, of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego
Daniel 2:17-18

By Darius, of the Jews
Ezra 6:10

By Simon Magus, of Peter
Acts 8:24

By Paul, of the churches
Romans 15:30-32; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Ephesians 6:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Hebrews 13:18

Answered, instances of:

Of Moses, in behalf of Pharaoh:

For the plague of frogs to be abated
Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:15

For the plague of flies to be abated
Exodus 8:30-32

For the plague of rain, thunder, and hail to be abated
Exodus 9:27-35

For the plague of locusts to be abated
Exodus 10:16-20

For the plague of darkness
Exodus 10:21-23

Of Moses, for the Israelites:

During the battle with the Amalekites
Exodus 17:11-14

After the Israelites had made the golden calf
Exodus 32:11-14; Exodus 32:31-34; Deuteronomy 9:18-29; Deuteronomy 10:10; Psalms 106:23

After the murmuring of the people
Exodus 33:15-17

When the fire of the Lord consumed the people
Numbers 11:1-2

When the people murmured on account of the report of the spies
Numbers 14:11-20

That the fiery serpents might be abated
Numbers 21:4-9

That Miriam's leprosy might be healed
Numbers 12:13

In behalf of Aaron, on account of his sin in making the golden calf
Deuteronomy 9:20

Of Samuel, for deliverance from the oppressions of the Philistines
1 Samuel 7:5-14

The prophet of Israel, for the restoration of Jeroboam's withered hand
1 Kings 13:1-6

Of Elijah, for the raising from the dead the son of the hospitable widow
1 Kings 17:20-23

Of Elisha, for the raising from the dead the son of the Shunammite woman
2 Kings 4:33-36

Of Isaiah, in behalf of Hezekiah and the people, to be delivered from Sennacherib
2 Kings 12:19

Intercessional influence of the righteous

General references
Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:29-30; Genesis 18:32; Genesis 19:22; Genesis 26:4-5; Genesis 26:24; 1 Kings 11:12-13; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 103:17-18; Isaiah 37:35; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:18; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 14:16; Matthew 24:22; Romans 11:27-28; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4
Children, of the Righteous, Blessed of God; Jesus, The Christ, Mediation of

INTERCES'SION, noun [Latin intercessio, from intercedo. See Intercede.]

The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconciliation; prayer or solicitation to one party in favor of another, sometimes against another.

Your intercession now is needless grown;

Retire and let me speak with her alone.

He bore the sin of many, and made intercession

for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12.

Christ's priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual intercession for us.

When on earth he made intercession for his people (Luke 23:34; John 17:20; Hebrews 5:7); but now he exercises this function of his priesthood in heaven, where he is said to appear in the presence of God for us (Hebrews 9:12, 24).

His advocacy with the Father for his people rests on the basis of his own all-perfect sacrifice. Thus he pleads for and obtains the fulfilment of all the promises of the everlasting covenant (1 John 2:1; John 17:24; Hebrews 7:25). He can be "touched with the feeling of our infirmities," and is both a merciful and a faithful high priest (Hebrews 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16). This intercession is an essential part of his mediatorial work. Through him we have "access" to the Father (John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18; 3:12). "The communion of his people with the Father will ever be sustained through him as mediatorial Priest" (Psalms 110:4; Revelation 7:17).

(Romans 8:26, 27; John 14:26). "Christ is a royal Priest (Zechariah 6:13). From the same throne, as King, he dispenses his Spirit to all the objects of his care, while as Priest he intercedes for them. The Spirit acts for him, taking only of his things. They both act with one consent, Christ as principal, the Spirit as his agent. Christ intercedes for us, without us, as our advocate in heaven, according to the provisions of the everlasting covenant. The Holy Spirit works upon our minds and hearts, enlightening and quickening, and thus determining our desires 'according to the will of God,' as our advocate within us. The work of the one is complementary to that of the other, and together they form a complete whole.", Hodge's Outlines of Theology.