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supplication

Meaning of “supplication”

A humble or earnest request, plea, or prayer.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
39 occurrences37 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 13:12

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1 Samuel 13:12
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 13:12 · retained source text

Therfore said I, The Philistines will come downe now vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the LORD: I forced my selfe therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

1611 marginal noteHebr. intreated the face.

1 Kings 8:28
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:28 · retained source text

Yet haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken vnto the crie and to the prayer, which thy seruant prayeth before thee to day:

1 Kings 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:30 · retained source text

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this place: and heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and when thou hearest, forgiue.

1611 marginal noteOr, in this place.

1 Kings 8:33
¶ When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:33 · retained source text

¶ When thy people Israel bee smitten downe before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and shall turne againe to thee, and confesse thy Name, and pray, and make supplication vnto thee in this house:

1611 marginal noteOr, towards.

1 Kings 8:38
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:38 · retained source text

What prayer and supplication soeuer be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know euery man the plague of his owne heart, and spread forth his handes towards this house:

1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:45 · retained source text

Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and mainteine their cause.

1611 marginal noteOr, right.

1 Kings 8:47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:47 · retained source text

Yet if they shall bethinke themselues, in the land whither they were caried captiues, and repent, and make supplication vnto thee in the land of them that caried them captiues, saying, Wee haue sinned, and haue done peruersly, we haue committed wickednes;

1611 marginal noteHeb. bring backe to their heart.

1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:49 · retained source text

Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and mainteine their cause,

1611 marginal noteOr, right.

1 Kings 8:52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:52 · retained source text

That thine eyes may be open vnto the supplication of thy seruant, and vnto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them in all that they call for vnto thee.

1 Kings 8:54
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:54 · retained source text

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication vnto the LORD, he arose from before the Altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees, with his handes spread vp to heauen.

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