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4.
(
1
, 5567), primarily, “to twitch” or “twang” (as a bowstring, etc.),
then, “to play” (a stringed instrument with the fingers), in the Sept., to sing psalms,
denotes, in the NT, to sing a hymn, sing “praise”; in Jas. 5:13,
RV
, “sing praise” (
KJV
,
“sing psalms”). See
MELODY
,
SING
.
5.
@
(
#
!
, 1843) in Rom. 15:9,
RV
, “will I give praise” (
KJV
, and
RV
marg., “I will confess”): see
CONFESS
, A, No. 2 (c).
Note:
In Luke 1:64,
KJV
,
$
, “to bless,” is translated “praised” (
RV
, “blessing”).
PRATE
$
(
$!
, 5396) signifies “to talk nonsense” (from
$
, “to babble”; cf.
the adjective
$
, “babbling, garrulous, tattlers,” 1 Tim. 5:13), “to raise false
accusations,” 3 John 10.¶
PRAY, PRAYER
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
E
, 2172), “to pray (to God),” is used with this meaning in 2 Cor.
13:7; v. 9,
RV
, “pray” (
KJV
, “wish”); Jas. 5:16; 3 John 2,
RV
, “pray” (
KJV
, wish). Even
when the
RV
and
KJV
translate by “I would,” Acts 26:29, or “wished for,” Acts 27:29 (
RV
,
marg., “prayed”), or “could wish,” Rom. 9:3 (
RV
, marg., “could pray”), the indication is
that “prayer” is involved.¶
2.
$
(
$ "
, 4336), “to pray,” is always used of “prayer” to God,
and is the most frequent word in this respect, especially in the Synoptists and Acts, once
in Romans, 8:26; in Ephesians, 6:18; in Philippians, 1:9; in 1 Timothy, 2:8; in Hebrews,
13:18; in Jude, v. 20. For the injunction in 1 Thess. 5:17, see
CEASE
, C.
3.
(
#$ 1
, 2065), “to ask,” is translated by the verb to pray in Luke 14:18,
19; 16:27; John 4:31; 14:16; 16:26; 17:9, 15, 20; in Acts 23:18,
RV
, “asked” (
KJV
“prayed”); in 1 John 5:16,
RV
, “should make request” (
KJV
“shall pray”). See
ASK
, A, No.
2.
4.
(
!
, 1189), “to desire,” in 2 Cor. 5:20; 8:4,
RV
, “beseech” (
KJV
,
“pray”): see
BESEECH
, No. 3.
Notes:
(1)
8
, “to call to one’s aid,” is rendered by the verb “to pray” in the
KJV
in the following: Matt. 26:53 (
RV
, “beseech”); so Mark 5:17, 18; Acts 16:9; in 24:4,
RV
, “intreat”; in 27:34,
RV
, “beseech.” See
BESEECH
, No. 1. (2) In 1 Thess. 5:23 and 2
Tim. 4:16, there is no word in the original for “I pray,” see the
RV
.
B. Nouns.
1.
$
(
' )
, 2171), akin to A, No. 1, denotes “a prayer,” Jas. 5:15; “a vow,” Acts
18:18 and 21:23. See
VOW
.¶
2.
$
(
$
)
, 4335), akin to A, No. 2, denotes (a) “prayer” (to God), the
most frequent term, e.g., Matt. 21:22; Luke 6:12, where the phrase is not to be taken
literally as if it meant, “the prayer of God” (subjective genitive), but objectively, “prayer
to God.” In Jas. 5:17, “He prayed fervently,”
RV
, is, lit., “he prayed with prayer” (a
Hebraistic form); in the following the word is used with No. 3: Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6; 1
Tim. 2:1; 5:5; (b) “a place of prayer,” Acts 16:13, 16, a place outside the city wall,
RV
.