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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Prayer
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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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114 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H8605
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
H6419
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
H8605
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
H7881
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
H8605
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
H6279
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
H8605
<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.>> Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
no direct Strong's tag
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
H8605
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
no direct Strong's tag
<<A Prayer of David.>> Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
H8605
<<A Prayer of David.>> Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
H8605
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
H8605
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
H8605
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
H8605
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
H8605
<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.>> Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
H8605
<<To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.>> Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
H7879
<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
H8605
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
H8605
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
H8605
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
H8605
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
no direct Strong's tag
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
H8605
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
H8605
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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