23 occurrences

'Pray' in the Bible

And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsKneelingBeggingFiftiesKept Alive By MenThird PersonMan Of God

And Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! So they went down to Bethel.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBest friendIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipMotionlessnessStaying Put

And Elijah said to him, Elisha, abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! And they came to Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCompanionship

And Elijah said to him, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! And they two went on.

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipGoing TogetherMotionlessnessStaying Put

And it came to pass when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualDouble PortionsDoubled Over

and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send.

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of The LordFifties

Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

Verse ConceptsHousesRoofSmallnessTablesBedsUpper Roomsspacecouplespoop

And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will run to the man of God, and come again.

Verse ConceptsMan Of God

run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of A Child

And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

Verse ConceptsLiteracyGod Giving LifeGod KillingThose Who Tore ClothesGod In Relation To ManGod KillsMan's Relation To God

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofNo Other Is GodMan Of God

And Naaman said, If not, then let there, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of this earth; for thy servant will no more offer burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsMulesRight SacrificesWeights Of Other Things

In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant, I pray thee, in this thing.

Verse ConceptsArmsTemples, HeathenBowing To False GodsGod Forgive!Nervousness

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitHillsLying, Examples OfPeople Giving ClothesSons Of The ProphetsTwo Other ThingsTwo Other Men

Let us go, we pray thee, to the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.

And one said, Consent, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he said, I will go.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyGoing Together

And Elisha prayed and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Verse ConceptsFireSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfChariotsGuardiansHorsesVisionArmies, GodDivine Protection, Examples OfHeavenly ChariotsReceiving SightAngelic GuardianshipEyesarmyreassurance

And they came down to him; and Elisha prayed to Jehovah and said, Smite this nation, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMiracles Of ElishaGod BlindingBlindnessEnemy Attackssyriagroupsarmy

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some one take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that have perished), and let us send and see.

Verse ConceptsFive AnimalsLike Bad People

And the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha has done.

Verse ConceptsMan Of God

And he came in, and ate and drank; and he said, Go, look, I pray you, after this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.

Verse Conceptsjezebel

And now, engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou canst set the riders upon them.

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Verse ConceptsLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In Scripture

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Beseech (85 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
προσεύχομαι 
Proseuchomai 
Usage: 61

אנּה אנּא 
'anna' 
I beseech thee , I pray thee , Oh , O
Usage: 13

בּעה בּעא 
B@`a' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

חלה 
Chalah 
Usage: 76

לוּ לא לוּא 
Luw' 
if , would God , O that , Oh , would it might be , if haply , peradventure , Oh that , pray thee , Though , would
Usage: 22

לחשׁ 
Lachash 
Usage: 5

נא 
Na' 
now, I beseech ..., I pray ..., Oh, go to
Usage: 403

עתר 
`athar 
Usage: 20

פּלל 
Palal 
Usage: 84

צלא 
Ts@la' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 20

שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 14

שׂיחה 
Siychah 
Usage: 3

תּפלּה 
T@phillah 
Usage: 77

δέησις 
Deesis 
Usage: 19

δέομαι 
Deomai 
Usage: 18

ἔντευξις 
Enteuxis 
Usage: 2

ἐρωτάω 
Erotao 
Usage: 42

εὐχή 
Euche 
Usage: 3

εὔχομαι 
Euchomai 
wish , pray , can wish , I would
Usage: 7

παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

προσευχή 
Proseuche 
Usage: 31