What the Bible Says About Prayer

"Pray" and its forms come 540 times in the King James Bible, in 508 verses. 366 of the 540 are in the Old Testament and 174 in the New. Pray itself comes 313 times, prayer 109 times, prayed 65 times, prayers 24 times, praying 20 times, prayeth seven times and prayest twice. Genesis has the most of any book, 49. The first is Genesis 12:13 and the last is Revelation 8:4, the last passage quoted below.

Not every pray in the KJV is a prayer. 208 of the 540 come in pray thee and pray you, an old way of saying please, and 200 of those are in the Old Testament. In 192 of the 195 Old Testament verses where they come, the Hebrew has na, a short word Strong's Concordance describes in part as "a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty." 47 of the 49 in Genesis are pray thee or pray you.

Behind the other 332 the Hebrew word most often is palal, which Strong's defines as "to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray." It stands behind 76 of the 540. Tephillah stands behind 72, and Strong's derives it from palal and defines it as "intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn." In the New Testament proseuchomai stands behind 87 and proseuche behind 36. Strong's defines proseuchomai as "to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship" and proseuche as "prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)."

Below are passages with pray or one of its forms, each quoted word for word with its reference. Short notes give the Hebrew and Greek words behind the English. Well-known verses on prayer like Matthew 6:9 and Philippians 4:6 are already quoted on the site's other pages, so they're named and linked near the end rather than quoted again. A table counts the words behind pray, and a list gives every verse where the KJV says it.

Say, I pray thee (Genesis 12:13)

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. (Genesis 12:13)

Abram, named in 12:10, is speaking to Sarai his wife, named in 12:11. "I pray thee" is na, the first pray in the KJV. Strong's says in part that na "may usually be rendered" as I pray, now or then. The printed KJV sets "art" in italics as a word the translators supplied.

So Abraham prayed unto God (Genesis 20:7 and 17)

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. (Genesis 20:17)

"Prayed" is palal, and "healed" is rapha, which Strong's defines as "properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure." Genesis 20:7 is the first place palal comes in the Old Testament. There God tells Abimelech in a dream that Abraham "is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee". These two are the only prays in Genesis that aren't pray thee or pray you. The printed KJV sets "children" in italics.

For this child I prayed (1 Samuel 1:10 and 27)

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. (1 Samuel 1:10)

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: (1 Samuel 1:27)

Hannah, named in 1:2, prays in 1:10 and is speaking in 1:27. "Prayed" is palal both times. "Petition" is sheelah, which Strong's derives from shaal, the verb behind "asked" in 1:27. Strong's defines sheelah as "a petition; by implication, a loan" and shaal as "to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand." The printed KJV sets "was" in italics in 1:10.

In ceasing to pray for you (1 Samuel 12:23)

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: (1 Samuel 12:23)

Samuel is speaking to all Israel, named in 12:1. "To pray" is palal, and "ceasing" is chadal, which Strong's defines as "properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle."

We made our prayer unto our God (Nehemiah 4:9)

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (Nehemiah 4:9)

"Nevertheless we made our prayer" is one Hebrew word, a form of palal with the prefix for and, so word for word it's and we prayed. "A watch" is mishmar, which Strong's defines in part as "a guard (the man, the post or the prison)." Nehemiah is speaking, and 1:1 opens "The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah."

In the Psalms

Psalms has 35 of the 540, and only one of them, Psalm 119:76, is pray thee. Psalm 72:20 closes that psalm with "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended."

Evening, and morning, and at noon (Psalm 55:17)

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. (Psalm 55:17)

"Will I pray" is siyach, which Strong's defines as "to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter." It's the only pray word in the KJV with the verb siyach behind it. The noun spelled the same is behind prayer in Psalm 64:1.

O thou that hearest prayer (Psalm 65:2)

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. (Psalm 65:2)

"Prayer" is tephillah, and "hearest" is shama, which Strong's defines as "to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)."

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense (Psalm 141:2)

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2)

"My prayer" is tephillah and "incense" is qetoreth, "a fumigation." "The lifting up" is maseth, which Strong's defines in part as "properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer)." "Sacrifice" is minchah, "a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)." The printed KJV sets "as" twice and "and" in italics. Revelation 8:3 and 4, at the end of the passages below, put incense and prayers together too.

The prayer of the upright (Proverbs 15:8 and 29)

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Proverbs 15:8)

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. (Proverbs 15:29)

"The prayer" is tephillah both times. "His delight" is ratson, "delight (especially as shown)." "An abomination" is toebah, which Strong's defines in part as "properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence." Proverbs 28:9 has toebah with tephillah too, "even his prayer shall be abomination." The printed KJV sets "is" in italics twice in 15:8 and once in 15:29.

An house of prayer for all people (Isaiah 56:7 and Matthew 21:13)

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. (Isaiah 56:7)

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Matthew 21:13)

"Prayer" is tephillah both times in Isaiah 56:7 and proseuche in Matthew 21:13. "People" is am, which Strong's defines in part as "a people (as a congregated unit)." Jesus is speaking in Matthew 21:13, in the temple. Mark 11:17 has "of all nations the house of prayer". The printed KJV sets "shall be" in italics in Isaiah 56:7.

Ye shall go and pray unto me (Jeremiah 29:12)

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. (Jeremiah 29:12)

"Pray" is palal, and "I will hearken" is shama, the "hearest" of Psalm 65:2. The hope page quotes 29:11, the verse before.

To seek by prayer and supplications (Daniel 9:3)

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (Daniel 9:3)

Daniel is speaking, named in 9:2. "Prayer" is tephillah, and "supplications" is tachanun, which Strong's defines as "earnest prayer." "Fasting" is tsom, "a fast." The thanksgiving page quotes Daniel 6:10.

My prayer came in unto thee (Jonah 2:7)

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:7)

"My prayer" is tephillah, and "fainted" is ataph, which Strong's defines as "to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish." The thanksgiving page names Jonah 2:1, where his prayer begins.

When thou prayest (Matthew 6:5 to 8)

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (Matthew 6:5-8)

Every pray and prayest here is proseuchomai. "Closet" is tameion, which Strong's defines in part as "a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement)." In "use not vain repetitions" the not is me, and the rest is one Greek verb, battologeo, "to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously." "Much speaking" is polulogia, "loquacity, i.e. prolixity." Battologeo and polulogia each come only here in the New Testament. The forgiveness page quotes the prayer that follows, 6:9 to 13, with 14 and 15.

Lord, teach us to pray (Luke 11:1)

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. (Luke 11:1)

"Praying" and "to pray" are proseuchomai. The forgiveness page quotes 11:4, from the prayer that follows, and the friends page quotes 11:5 to 8.

Men ought always to pray (Luke 18:1)

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1)

"To pray" is proseuchomai, and "to faint" is ekkakeo, which Strong's defines as "to be (bad or) weak, i.e. (by implication) to fail (in heart)." The printed KJV sets "to this end" in italics. In 18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray". The thanksgiving page names 18:11.

I pray for them (John 17:9)

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. (John 17:9)

Jesus is speaking, named in 17:1, where he "lifted up his eyes to heaven". Pray in John 17 is erotao, which Strong's defines as "to interrogate; by implication, to request." The chapter says pray four times, all erotao, twice here and once each in 17:15 and 17:20, "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word".

At midnight Paul and Silas prayed (Acts 16:25)

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (Acts 16:25)

"Prayed" is proseuchomai, and "sang praises" is humneo, which Strong's defines as "to hymn, i.e. sing a religious ode; by implication, to celebrate (God) in song." In 16:24 the jailor "thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks."

We know not what we should pray for (Romans 8:26)

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. (Romans 8:26)

"Pray for" is proseuchomai. "Maketh intercession" is huperentugchano, which Strong's defines as "to intercede in behalf of." "Groanings" is stenagmos, "a sigh." "Which cannot be uttered" is alaletos, "unspeakable." Huperentugchano and alaletos come only here in the New Testament.

Praying always (Ephesians 6:18)

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18)

"Praying" is proseuchomai, "prayer" is proseuche and "supplication" is deesis both times. Strong's defines deesis as "a petition." "Perseverance" is proskarteresis, which comes only here in the New Testament.

The effectual fervent prayer (James 5:13 to 16)

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:13-16)

"Let him pray" and "let them pray" are proseuchomai. In 5:15 "the prayer" is euche, which Strong's defines as "properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation." The KJV renders euche vow in its two other places, Acts 18:18 and 21:23. In 5:16 "prayer" is deesis, and "effectual fervent" is one Greek word, a form of energeo, "to be active, efficient."

He prayed earnestly (James 5:17 and 18)

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. (James 5:17-18)

"He prayed earnestly" is proseuche with proseuchomai, so word for word it's with prayer he prayed. "Prayed" in 5:18 is proseuchomai. Elias is Helias in Strong's, which defines it as "Helias (i.e. Elijah), an Israelite." In 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah tells Ahab "there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

His ears are open unto their prayers (1 Peter 3:12)

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1 Peter 3:12)

"Prayers" is deesis. Psalm 34:15 reads "The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry." There "cry" is shavah, which Strong's defines as "a hallooing." The printed KJV sets "are" and "are open" in italics in 3:12, and "is" as well. The peace page quotes 3:11.

The prayers of all saints (Revelation 8:3 and 4)

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. (Revelation 8:3-4)

"Prayers" is proseuche in both verses, and "incense" is thumiama, which Strong's defines as "an aroma, i.e. fragrant powder burnt in religious service; by implication, the burning itself." Thumiama and proseuche come together again in 5:8, in "golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints." Revelation 8:4 is the last verse in the KJV that says pray or one of its forms. The printed KJV sets "it" in italics in 8:3 and "which came" in 8:4.

The words behind pray

Pray thee and pray you, 208 of the 540, are left out of this table. Counted by their Strong's numbers, the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek words in it stand behind 329 of the other 332.

Word	Language	Strong's number	Times behind pray	One place
proseuchomai	Greek	G4336	87	Matthew 6:6
palal	Hebrew	H6419	76	Genesis 20:17
tephillah	Hebrew	H8605	72	Psalm 65:2
proseuche	Greek	G4335	36	Matthew 21:13
deesis	Greek	G1162	12	James 5:16
erotao	Greek	G2065	11	John 17:9
deomai	Greek	G1189	10	Matthew 9:38
chalah	Hebrew	H2470	4	Zechariah 7:2
parakaleo	Greek	G3870	4	Matthew 26:53
tsela	Aramaic	H6739	2	Ezra 6:10
athar	Hebrew	H6279	2	Job 22:27
euchomai	Greek	G2172	2	2 Corinthians 13:7
na	Hebrew	H4994	1	Judges 9:38
chanan	Hebrew	H2603	1	2 Chronicles 6:37
sichah	Hebrew	H7881	1	Job 15:4
paga	Hebrew	H6293	1	Job 21:15
siyach	Hebrew	H7878	1	Psalm 55:17
siyach	Hebrew	H7879	1	Psalm 64:1
shaal	Hebrew	H7592	1	Psalm 122:6
lachash	Hebrew	H3908	1	Isaiah 26:16
bea	Aramaic	H1156	1	Daniel 6:11
enteuxis	Greek	G1783	1	1 Timothy 4:5
euche	Greek	G2171	1	James 5:15

In the other three the printed KJV sets the words in italics as the translators' own, in Psalm 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and 2 Timothy 4:16. Palal, tephillah and proseuchomai stand behind 235 of the 332. Strong's derives tephillah from palal and proseuche from proseuchomai. It has two words spelled siyach, the verb H7878 and the noun H7879 it derives from it. Na stands behind one pray in the table, in Judges 9:38, "go out, I pray now, and fight with them."

Every place the KJV says pray

Pray or one of its forms comes in these 508 verses.

Genesis 12:13, 13:8, 13:9, 16:2, 18:3, 18:4, 19:2, 19:7, 19:8, 20:7, 20:17, 23:13, 24:2, 24:12, 24:14, 24:17, 24:23, 24:43, 24:45, 25:30, 27:3, 27:19, 27:21, 30:14, 30:27, 32:11, 32:29, 33:10, 33:11, 33:14, 34:8, 37:6, 37:14, 37:16, 38:16, 38:25, 40:8, 40:14, 44:18, 44:33, 45:4, 47:4, 47:29, 48:9, 50:4, 50:5, 50:17
Exodus 4:13, 4:18, 5:3, 10:17, 32:32, 33:13, 34:9
Numbers 10:31, 11:2, 11:15, 16:8, 16:26, 20:17, 21:7, 22:6, 22:16, 22:17, 22:19, 23:13, 23:27
Deuteronomy 3:25, 9:20, 9:26
Joshua 2:12, 7:19
Judges 1:24, 4:19, 6:18, 6:39, 8:5, 9:2, 9:38, 10:15, 11:17, 11:19, 13:4, 13:15, 15:2, 16:6, 16:10, 16:28, 18:5, 19:6, 19:8, 19:9, 19:11, 19:23
Ruth 2:7
1 Samuel 1:10, 1:12, 1:26, 1:27, 2:1, 2:36, 3:17, 7:5, 8:6, 9:18, 10:15, 12:19, 12:23, 14:29, 15:25, 15:30, 16:22, 19:2, 20:29, 22:3, 23:22, 25:8, 25:24, 25:25, 25:28, 26:8, 26:11, 26:19, 28:8, 28:22, 30:7
2 Samuel 1:4, 1:9, 7:27, 13:5, 13:6, 13:13, 13:26, 14:2, 14:11, 14:12, 14:18, 15:7, 15:31, 16:9, 18:22, 19:37, 20:16, 24:17
1 Kings 1:12, 2:17, 2:20, 8:26, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:33, 8:35, 8:38, 8:42, 8:44, 8:45, 8:48, 8:49, 8:54, 9:3, 13:6, 14:2, 17:10, 17:11, 17:21, 19:20, 20:7, 20:31, 20:32, 20:35, 20:37, 22:5, 22:13
2 Kings 1:13, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 2:9, 2:16, 2:19, 4:10, 4:22, 4:26, 4:33, 5:7, 5:15, 5:17, 5:22, 6:2, 6:3, 6:17, 6:18, 7:13, 8:4, 18:23, 18:26, 19:4, 19:15, 19:20, 20:2, 20:5
1 Chronicles 17:25, 21:17
2 Chronicles 6:19, 6:20, 6:24, 6:26, 6:29, 6:32, 6:34, 6:35, 6:37, 6:38, 6:39, 6:40, 7:1, 7:12, 7:14, 7:15, 18:4, 18:12, 30:18, 30:27, 32:20, 32:24, 33:13, 33:18, 33:19
Ezra 6:10, 10:1
Nehemiah 1:4, 1:6, 1:11, 2:4, 4:9, 5:10, 5:11, 11:17
Job 4:7, 6:29, 8:8, 15:4, 16:17, 21:15, 22:22, 22:27, 32:21, 33:1, 33:26, 42:8, 42:10
Psalms 4:1, 5:2, 5:3, 6:9, 17:1, 32:6, 35:13, 39:12, 42:8, 54:2, 55:1, 55:17, 61:1, 64:1, 65:2, 66:19, 66:20, 69:13, 72:15, 72:20, 80:4, 84:8, 86:6, 88:2, 88:13, 102:1, 102:17, 109:4, 109:7, 119:76, 122:6, 141:2, 141:5, 143:1
Proverbs 15:8, 15:29, 28:9
Isaiah 1:15, 5:3, 16:12, 26:16, 29:11, 29:12, 36:8, 36:11, 37:4, 37:15, 37:21, 38:2, 38:5, 44:17, 45:20, 56:7
Jeremiah 7:16, 11:14, 14:11, 21:2, 29:7, 29:12, 32:8, 32:16, 37:3, 37:20, 40:15, 42:2, 42:4, 42:20
Lamentations 1:18, 3:8, 3:44
Ezekiel 33:30
Daniel 6:10, 6:11, 9:3, 9:4, 9:13, 9:17, 9:20, 9:21
Jonah 1:8, 2:1, 2:7, 4:2
Micah 3:1, 3:9
Habakkuk 3:1
Haggai 2:15
Zechariah 7:2, 8:21, 8:22
Malachi 1:9
Matthew 5:44, 6:5, 6:6, 6:7, 6:9, 9:38, 14:23, 17:21, 19:13, 21:13, 21:22, 23:14, 24:20, 26:36, 26:39, 26:41, 26:42, 26:44, 26:53
Mark 1:35, 5:17, 5:18, 5:23, 6:46, 9:29, 11:17, 11:24, 11:25, 12:40, 13:18, 13:33, 14:32, 14:35, 14:38, 14:39
Luke 1:10, 1:13, 2:37, 3:21, 5:3, 5:16, 5:33, 6:12, 6:28, 9:18, 9:28, 9:29, 10:2, 11:1, 11:2, 14:18, 14:19, 16:27, 18:1, 18:10, 18:11, 19:46, 20:47, 21:36, 22:32, 22:40, 22:41, 22:44, 22:45, 22:46
John 4:31, 14:16, 16:26, 17:9, 17:15, 17:20
Acts 1:14, 1:24, 2:42, 3:1, 4:31, 6:4, 6:6, 8:15, 8:22, 8:24, 8:34, 9:11, 9:40, 10:2, 10:4, 10:9, 10:30, 10:31, 10:48, 11:5, 12:5, 12:12, 13:3, 14:23, 16:9, 16:13, 16:16, 16:25, 20:36, 21:5, 22:17, 23:18, 24:4, 27:34, 28:8
Romans 1:9, 8:26, 10:1, 12:12, 15:30
1 Corinthians 7:5, 11:4, 11:5, 11:13, 14:13, 14:14, 14:15
2 Corinthians 1:11, 5:20, 8:4, 9:14, 13:7
Ephesians 1:16, 6:18
Philippians 1:4, 1:9, 1:19, 4:6
Colossians 1:3, 1:9, 4:2, 4:3, 4:12
1 Thessalonians 1:2, 3:10, 5:17, 5:23, 5:25
2 Thessalonians 1:11, 3:1
1 Timothy 2:1, 2:8, 4:5, 5:5
2 Timothy 1:3, 4:16
Philemon 1:4, 1:22
Hebrews 5:7, 13:18
James 5:13, 5:14, 5:15, 5:16, 5:17, 5:18
1 Peter 3:7, 3:12, 4:7
1 John 5:16
Jude 1:20
Revelation 5:8, 8:3, 8:4

Prayer on the other pages

Some of the verses in the list above are quoted on the site's other pages. Matthew 6:9, with the prayer that follows, 2 Chronicles 7:14 and Genesis 50:17 are on the forgiveness page. Philippians 4:6 is on the worry page. Matthew 26:41 and Mark 14:38 are on the temptation page, which also quotes phrases of Luke 22:40 and 22:46. Romans 12:12 is on the hope page. Daniel 6:10 and 1 Timothy 4:5 are on the thanksgiving page, which also quotes 1 Thessalonians 5:17 and a phrase of Luke 2:37. Luke 6:28 is on the love page, which names Matthew 5:44. John 14:16 and Psalm 119:76 are on the comfort page, and 2 Kings 4:26 and Jeremiah 29:7 are on the peace page. Judges 16:28 is on the strength page, Jonah 4:2 is on the anger page and Job 42:10 is on the friends page. The sleep page quotes a phrase of Acts 12:5. Other pages name more of the 508 among their own verses, like Colossians 4:2 and 1 Timothy 2:1 on the thanksgiving page and Psalm 122:6 on the peace page.

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How this page was made

Every verse is quoted from the 1769 standard text of the King James Version and checked word for word against two more digital copies. The printed KJV sets supplied words in italics, which this page doesn't show. It also sets titles above many psalms, and five of those titles call the psalm a prayer, over Psalms 17, 86, 90, 102 and 142. The counts here leave the titles out, as Patmos's own KJV does. Verse numbers follow the KJV. Hebrew Bibles number 27 of the Old Testament verses in the list differently, 19 of them in Psalms. Among the verses quoted here they number Nehemiah 4:9 as 4:3, Psalm 55:17 as 55:18, Psalm 65:2 as 65:3, Jonah 2:7 as 2:8 and Psalm 34:15 as 34:16. They number Psalm 5:3 and 64:1, Daniel 6:10 and 6:11 and Jonah 2:1, which the notes name, as 5:4, 64:2, 6:11, 6:12 and 2:2.

Hebrew words were identified with the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. Greek words were identified with STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament. The counts of the words behind pray come from the Strong's numbers in the CrossWire Bible Society's KJV, each checked against the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible or STEPBible's Greek. Greek counts follow the Textus Receptus as STEPBible gives it. Every Greek word the notes cite in a verse quoted in full stands in all eight Greek editions STEPBible compares. Elsewhere in those verses the editions differ in a word, its form, its spelling or the order of words. In Matthew 6:6 "openly" and in Romans 8:26 "for us" stand only in the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine text. STEPBible is a Tyndale House Cambridge project. STEPBible's data and the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible are both shared under CC BY 4.0. The definitions come from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). If you find a mistake, tell us through the support page.

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