Genesis 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
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1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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προσεύχομαι
proseúchomai · pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
41 times translated as this KJV form91 total Strong's occurrences
to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
Strong's KJV usage: :--pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:44Strong's last: James 5:14
Open full G4336 profile →פָּלַל
pâlal · paw-lal'
35 times translated as this KJV form84 total Strong's occurrences
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Strong's KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Strong's first: Genesis 20:7Strong's last: Jeremiah 42:20
Open full H6419 profile →ἐρωτάω
erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
10 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences
to interrogate; by implication, to request
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
Strong's first: Luke 14:18Strong's last: 1 John 5:16
Open full G2065 profile →δέομαι
déomai · deh'-om-ahee
7 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, pray (to), make request.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:38Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 5:20
Open full G1189 profile →παρακαλέω
parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form114 total Strong's occurrences
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 26:53Strong's last: Acts 27:34
Open full G3870 profile →חָלָה
châlâh · khaw-law'
3 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zechariah 7:2Strong's last: Zechariah 8:22
Open full H2470 profile →εὔχομαι
eúchomai · yoo'-khom-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
Strong's KJV usage: :--pray, will, wish.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 13:7Strong's last: James 5:16
Open full G2172 profile →אָנָּא
ʼânnâʼ · awn-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
oh now!
Strong's KJV usage: I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.
Strong's first: Jonah 4:2Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
Open full H577 profile →חָנַן
chânan · khaw-nan'
1 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 6:37Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 6:37
Open full H2603 profile →עָתַר
ʻâthar · aw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
Strong's KJV usage: intreat, (make) pray(-er).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 33:26Strong's last: Job 33:26
Open full H6279 profile →פָּגַע
pâgaʻ · paw-gah'
1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
Strong's KJV usage: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 21:15Strong's last: Job 21:15
Open full H6293 profile →צְלָא
tsᵉlâʼ · tsel-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
pray
Strong's KJV usage: pray.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 6:10Strong's last: Ezra 6:10
Open full H6739 profile →שָׁאַל
shâʼal · shaw-al'
1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Strong's KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.
Strong's first: Psalms 122:6Strong's last: Psalms 122:6
Open full H7592 profile →שִׂיחַ
sîyach · see'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
Strong's KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 55:17Strong's last: Psalms 55:17
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no direct Strong's tag
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
no direct Strong's tag
And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
H6419
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
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Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
H6419
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
H6419
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
no direct Strong's tag
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
no direct Strong's tag
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
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And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
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But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
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And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
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Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
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Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
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And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
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Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
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I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
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Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
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The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
no direct Strong's tag
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
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And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
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Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
English meaning and historical usage.
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pray
PRAY, verb intransitive [Latin precor; proco; this word belongs to the same family as preach and reproach; Heb. to bless, to reproach; rendered in Job 2:9, to curse; properly, to reproach, to rail at or upbraid. In Latin the word precor signifies to supplicate good or evil, and precis signifies a prayer and a curse. See Imprecate.]
1. To ask with earnestness or zeal, as for a favor, or for something desirable; to entreat; to supplicate.
PRAY for them who despitefully use you and persecute you. Matthew 5:44.
2. To petition; to ask, as for a favor; as in application to a legislative body.
3. In worship, to address the Supreme Being with solemnity and reverence, with adoration, confession of sins, supplication for mercy, and thanksgiving for blessings received.
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Matthew 6:5.
4. I pray that is, I pray you tell me, or let me know, is a common mode of introducing a question.
PRAY, verb transitive To supplicate; to entreat; to urge.
We pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20.
1. In worship, to supplicate; to implore; to ask with reverence and humility.
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
Acts 8:22.
2. To petition. The plaintiff prays judgment of the court.
He that will have the benefit of this act, must pray a prohibition before a sentence in the ecclesiastical court.
3. To ask or intreat in ceremony or form.
PRAY my colleague Antonius I may speak with him.
[In most instances, this verb is transitive only by ellipsis. To pray God, is used for to pray to God; to pray a prohibition, is to pray for a prohibition, etc.]
To pray in aid, in law, is to call in for help one who has interest in the cause.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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