Words the Bible translates as pray
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- proseuchomaiπροσεύχομαιto pray: to speak to God, making requests of him and committing oneself to him in trust
- euchomaiεὔχομαιto pray: to speak to God in earnest petition, often on someone else's behalf
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- to wish: to long for something the speaker knows lies beyond their power to bring about
- palalפָּלַלto pray: to lay a matter before God and ask him to act on it, for oneself or for someone else
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- to render a judgment: to step between two sides and settle a case, or to size up how a matter stands
- deomaiδέομαιto make an earnest request out of need: to ask, beg, or plead for something one lacks
- atarעָתַרto plead urgently with God, and (of God) to be moved by that pleading and grant it
- si'aḥשִׂיחַto voice what fills the heart aloud: to rehearse a matter over and over, as complaint, reflection, or proclamation
- be'aבְּעָאto be after something: to search for it, or to ask the one who can give it.
- tselaצְלָאto praynot studied yet
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