'Prayers' in the Bible

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.