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pray

Meaning of “pray”

Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

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313 occurrences306 verses43 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:13

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Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 18:10 · retained source text

Two men went vp into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publicane.

Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 21:36 · retained source text

Watch ye therefore, and pray alwayes, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe, and to stand before the sonne of man.

Luke 22:40
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 22:40 · retained source text

And when he was at the place, he said vnto them, Pray, that yee enter not into temptation.

1611 marginal noteMat. 26.41.

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