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
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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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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G4336
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
G1189
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
G4336
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
no direct Strong's tag
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
G4336
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
G4336
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
G3870
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
G4336
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
G4336
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
G4336
And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
G4336
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
no direct Strong's tag
So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
G4336
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
G4336
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
G4336
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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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