to call on
Entugchano denotes making an appeal, especially interceding to God for or against someone in the attested verses.
The predominant use is intercession directed to God: the present forms describe appeals for the saints, for others, and against Israel. A separate occurrence describes a crowd's past appeal to Festus concerning a man.
Senses in use
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Interceding before God for or against others · dominant
The present indicative forms describe an ongoing appeal in relation to God: in Romans 8:27 the APB renders that the Spirit "intercedes for the saints," and in Romans 8:34 it renders that Christ "intercedes for us." Hebrews 7:25 uses a present active infinitive where the APB says he always lives "to intercede for them," while Romans 11:2 presents Elijah as appealing to God against Israel.
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Making an appeal to an authority · rare
In Acts 25:24, the aorist active indicative plural refers to the Jewish multitude's completed appeal to Festus concerning the man before him; the APB renders that they "appealed to me" while crying that he should not live any longer.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "intercede" in Romans 8:27, Romans 8:34, and Hebrews 7:25, and as "appeals" in Romans 11:2 and Acts 25:24. These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.