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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Prayer: for Help to Pray
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Euphemitae, Praying People
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• Praying
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• Pray, Prayer
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Praying Wheel
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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• George Pray
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• ܟܫܦ
• ܨܠܳܐ
• δέομαι
• ἐρωτάω
• εὔχομαι
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• אָנָּא , אָנָּה
• בְּעָה
• חָלָה , חָלָה
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(1):

(v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

(2):

(v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

(3):

(v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

(4):

(v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.

(5):

(n. & v.) See Pry.