Words the Bible translates as plead
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- rivרִיבto press a contention against another: to quarrel, take someone to task, or argue a case against them
- atarעָתַרto plead urgently with God, and (of God) to be moved by that pleading and grant it
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