2 Samuel 7:27
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
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1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
87 verses
2 Kings
22 verses
2 Chronicles
1211 verses
Nehemiah
54 verses
Job
33 verses
Psalms
3431 verses
Proverbs
33 verses
Isaiah
54 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
Lamentations
22 verses
Daniel
44 verses
Jonah
11 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Matthew
44 verses
Mark
22 verses
Luke
44 verses
Acts
77 verses
Romans
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
2 Corinthians
22 verses
Ephesians
11 verses
Philippians
33 verses
Colossians
11 verses
1 Timothy
11 verses
James
22 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh · tef-il-law'
70 times translated as this KJV form72 total Strong's occurrences
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Strong's KJV usage: prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 7:27Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:1
Open full H8605 profile →προσευχή
proseuchḗ · pros-yoo-khay'
21 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)
Strong's KJV usage: :--X pray earnestly, prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 17:21Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:7
Open full G4335 profile →δέησις
déēsis · deh'-ay-sis
7 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
a petition
Strong's KJV usage: :--prayer, request, supplication.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:13Strong's last: James 5:16
Open full G1162 profile →ἔντευξις
énteuxis · ent'-yook-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an interview, i.e. (specially) supplication
Strong's KJV usage: :--intercession, prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 4:5Strong's last: 1 Timothy 4:5
Open full G1783 profile →εὐχή
euchḗ · yoo-khay'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation
Strong's KJV usage: :--prayer, vow.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 5:15Strong's last: James 5:15
Open full G2171 profile →προσεύχομαι
proseúchomai · pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
1 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 23:14Strong's last: Matthew 23:14
Open full G4336 profile →חָלָה
châlâh · khaw-law'
1 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: Daniel 9:13Strong's last: Daniel 9:13
Open full H2470 profile →לַחַשׁ
lachash · lakh'-ash
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
Strong's KJV usage: charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 26:16Strong's last: Isaiah 26:16
Open full H3908 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 22:27Strong's last: Job 22:27
Open full H6279 profile →פָּלַל
pâlal · paw-lal'
1 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: Nehemiah 4:9Strong's last: Nehemiah 4:9
Open full H6419 profile →שִׂיחַ
sîyach · see'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
Strong's KJV usage: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 64:1Strong's last: Psalms 64:1
Open full H7879 profile →שִׂיחָה
sîychâh · see-khaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
reflection; by extension, devotion
Strong's KJV usage: meditation, prayer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 15:4Strong's last: Job 15:4
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H3908
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
H8605
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
H8605
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
H8605
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
H8605
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
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prayer
PRA'YER, noun In a general sense, the act of asking for a favor, and particularly with earnestness.
1. In worship, a solemn address to the Supreme Being, consisting of adoration, or an expression of our sense of God's glorious perfections, confession of our sins, supplication for mercy and forgiveness, intercession for blessings on others, and thanksgiving, or an expression of gratitude to God for his mercies and benefits. A prayer however may consist of a single petition, and it may be extemporaneous, written or printed.
2. A formula of church service, or of worship, public or private.
3. Practice of supplication.
As he is famed for mildness, peace and prayer
4. That part of a memorial or petition to a public body, which specifies the request or thing desired to be done or granted, as distinct from the recital of facts or reasons for the grant. We say, the prayer of the petition is that the petitioner may be discharged from arrest.
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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