Genesis 20:17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
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Prayed
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James 5:18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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Genesis
11 verses
Numbers
22 verses
Deuteronomy
22 verses
1 Samuel
44 verses
2 Kings
66 verses
2 Chronicles
44 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Job
11 verses
Isaiah
33 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Daniel
22 verses
Jonah
22 verses
Matthew
33 verses
Mark
44 verses
Luke
77 verses
John
11 verses
Acts
1717 verses
James
22 verses
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פָּלַל
pâlal · paw-lal'
30 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 20:17Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
Open full H6419 profile →προσεύχομαι
proseúchomai · pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
25 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 26:39Strong's last: James 5:18
Open full G4336 profile →δέομαι
déomai · deh'-om-ahee
3 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: Luke 22:32Strong's last: Acts 10:2
Open full G1189 profile →ἐρωτάω
erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
2 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 5:3Strong's last: John 4:31
Open full G2065 profile →παρακαλέω
parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
2 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: Mark 5:18Strong's last: Acts 16:9
Open full G3870 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: Daniel 6:10Strong's last: Daniel 6:10
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G2065
And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
G4336
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
G4336
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
G4336
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
G1189
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
G4336
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
G4336
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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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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