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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So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Read in context →And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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pâlal · paw-lal'
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 →proseúchomai · pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
Strong's KJV usage: :--pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:39Strong's last: James 5:18
Open full G4336 profile →déomai · deh'-om-ahee
to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, pray (to), make request.
Strong's first: Luke 22:32Strong's last: Acts 10:2
Open full G1189 profile →erōtáō · er-o-tah'-o
to interrogate; by implication, to request
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray.
Strong's first: Luke 5:3Strong's last: John 4:31
Open full G2065 profile →parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
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.
Strong's first: Mark 5:18Strong's last: Acts 16:9
Open full G3870 profile →tsᵉlâʼ · tsel-aw'
pray
Strong's KJV usage: pray.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:10Strong's last: Daniel 6:10
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So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
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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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