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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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PLEAD . In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘plead’ always means to ‘argue for or against a cause’ as in a court of justice, never to ‘pray’ or ‘beseech.’ The substantive ‘pleading’ is used in the same sense in Job 13:8 ‘Hearken to the pleadings of my lips.’

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Plead'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​p/plead.html. 1909.
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