Bible Dictionary: Pray

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n. & v.) See Pry.

2. (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.

3. (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

4. (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

5. (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Greek

4336. proseuchomai -- to pray
... to pray. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proseuchomai Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-yoo'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I pray, pray for Definition: I pray, pray ...
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2172. euchomai -- to pray
... to pray. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: euchomai Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I pray, wish Definition: I pray, wish. ...
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5614. hosanna -- save, we pray
... save, we pray. Part of Speech: Hebrew Form (Indclinable) Transliteration: hosanna
Phonetic Spelling: (ho-san-nah') Short Definition: hosanna Definition ...
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1189. deomai -- to want, entreat
... deomai Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I request, beg Definition:
I want for myself; I want, need; I beg, request, beseech, pray. ...
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2065. erotao -- to ask, question
... Phonetic Spelling: (er-o-tah'-o) Short Definition: I ask, question, request Definition:
(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray ...
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2171. euche -- a prayer
... 2171 (from 2172, "to pray, vow," which is the root of 1336, the most common
NT word for "pray") -- properly, a or (as in Js 5:15). ...
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2107. eudokia -- good pleasure
... 1:10], indeed each time we pray about () you -- for the purpose () that our God
may deem you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill every (2107 , of God) that ...
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3686. onoma -- a name, authority, cause
... them from all others. Thus "praying in" means to pray () , bringing revelation
that flows out of being . "Praying in Jesus' name ...
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4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... 2 Thes 1:11: "To this end (glorification) ?�� indeed each time we pray about () you
for the purpose () of our God counting you worthy of the call ?�� even that ...
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3870. parakaleo -- to call to or for, to exhort, to encourage
... call near, ie Invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation) -- beseech,
call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6739. tsela -- to pray
... to pray. Transliteration: tsela Phonetic Spelling: (tsel-aw') Short Definition:
pray. ... root Definition to pray NASB Word Usage pray (1), praying (1). pray. ...
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4994. na -- I (we) pray, now
... na. 4995 . I (we) pray, now. Transliteration: na Phonetic Spelling: (naw) Short
Definition: please. Word Origin a prim. ... I beseech pray thee you, go to, now, oh ...
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6279. athar -- to pray, supplicate
... 6278, 6279. athar. 6280 . to pray, supplicate. Transliteration: athar Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-thar') Short Definition: supplication. Word Origin a prim. ...
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994a. bi -- I pray, excuse me
... 994, 994a. bi. 994b . I pray, excuse me. Transliteration: bi Short Definition:
Oh. Word Origin from bayay Definition I pray, excuse ...
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994. biy -- I pray, excuse me
... 993, 994. biy. 994a . I pray, excuse me. Transliteration: biy Phonetic
Spelling: (bee) Short Definition: alas. alas, O, oh Perhaps ...
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6419. palal -- to intervene, interpose
... 6418, 6419. palal. 6420 . to intervene, interpose. Transliteration: palal Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-lal') Short Definition: pray. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1156. bea -- to ask, seek
... request (1), requested (2), seeking (1), trying (1). ask, desire, make petition,
pray, request, seek. (Aramaic) or b ah (Aramaic) {beh-aw ...
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7592. shaal -- to ask, inquire
... asked (1), earnestly asked leave (1), greet* (5), greeted* (1), inquire (6), inquired
(18), inquires (1), making (2), medium* (1), pray (1), questioned (2 ...
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3863. lu -- if, oh that
... if haply, peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God that. ... if (haply),
peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that). 3862, 3863. ...
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7878. siach -- to muse, complain, talk (of)
... commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk with. A primitive
root; to ponder, ie (by implication) converse (with ...
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Library

Lord Teach Us To Pray
Lord Teach Us To Pray. <. Lord Teach Us To Pray Alexander Whyte. Table of
Contents. Title Page. PREFACE. PART I. INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/

How to Pray
... VOLUME I: ST. LUKE Chaps. I to XII HOW TO PRAY. 'And it ... 13. Christ's praying
fired the disciples with desire to pray like Him. There ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/how to pray.htm

How to Pray
... How to Pray. ... 4. Something about God's Will in Connection with Prayer.5. May
We Pray with Assurance for the Conversion of Our Loved Ones? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/iii how to pray.htm

"Let us Pray"
... "Let Us Pray". A Sermon (No.288). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 6th, 1859,
by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/let us pray.htm

Whether it is Becoming to Pray?
... OF PRAYER (SEVENTEEN ARTICLES) Whether it is becoming to pray? Objection
1: It would seem that it is unbecoming to pray. Prayer ...
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I Will Pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding Also-
... I WILL PRAY WITH THE SPIRIT AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ALSO-. OR, A DISCOURSE
TOUCHING PRAYER; WHEREIN IS BRIEFLY DISCOVERED,. 1. WHAT ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/i will pray with the.htm

1 to Pray is as it were to be on Speaking Terms with Me...
... III. PRAYER SECTION III 1. To pray is as it were to be on speaking terms
with Me� 1. To pray is as it were to be on speaking terms ...
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Whether the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?
... OF PRAYER (SEVENTEEN ARTICLES) Whether the saints in heaven pray for us? Objection
1: It would seem that the saints in heaven do not pray for us. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the saints in heaven.htm

Is This, I Pray, that Daring and Heinous Iniquity on Account of ...
... Book I. 26 Is this, I pray, that daring and heinous iniquity on account
of which the mighty� Is this, I pray, that daring and ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/26 is this i pray.htm

"Pray Without Ceasing"
... "Pray Without Ceasing". A Sermon (No.1039). ... CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
Newington. "Pray without ceasing.""1 Thessalonians 5:17. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/pray without ceasing.htm

Thesaurus

Pray (2583 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.
Multi-Version Concordance Pray (2583 Occurrences). ...
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Prays (14 Occurrences)
... (WEY RSV NIV). 1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in another language, my spirit
prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Prayeth (28 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Tarry (62 Occurrences)
... Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up ...
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Intercede (12 Occurrences)
... Yahweh, and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from
us." Moses prayed for the people. (See NAS). 1 Samuel 2 ...
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Reward (213 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to
stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they ...
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Confess (65 Occurrences)
... name. (Root in ASV DBY NIV). James 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another,
and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The ...
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Eli'sha (52 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD
hath sent me as far as Beth-el.' And Elisha said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as ...
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Peradventure (35 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and ...
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Praying (71 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pray. 2. (a. & n.) from
Pray. Multi-Version Concordance Praying (71 Occurrences). ...
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Pray (2583 Occurrences)

Pray occurs 2583 times in 12 translations.

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