atar (to pray) · Rightly

Meaning

To pray, entreat, supplicate(Qal) to pray, entreat · (Niphal) to be supplicated, be entreated · (Hiphil) to make supplication, plead

How it's translated

and he was entreated 6
and he prayed 4
pray 3
will i pray 1
and i will pray 1
and pray 1
and being entreated 1
you will pray 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Exodus 8
2 Samuel 2
2 Chronicles 2
Job 2
Genesis 1
Judges 1

9 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Exodus 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
Exodus 8:9And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Exodus 8:28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus 8:29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
Exodus 8:30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
Exodus 9:28Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

All 19 verses, by book

Genesis 1: 25:21
Exodus 8: 8:8 8:9 8:28 8:29 8:30 9:28 10:17 10:18
Judges 1: 13:8
2 Samuel 2: 21:14 24:25
1 Chronicles 1: 5:20
2 Chronicles 2: 33:13 33:19
Ezra 1: 8:23
Job 2: 22:27 33:26
Isaiah 1: 19:22

Hebrew dictionary

עָתַר atar · to pray

1) to pray, entreat, supplicate 1a) (Qal) to pray, entreat 1b) (Niphal) to be supplicated, be entreated 1c) (Hiphil) to make supplication, plead

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pray” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PRAY, verb intransitive

[Latin precor; proco; this word belongs to the same family as preach and reproach; Heb. to bless, to reproach; rendered in, to curse; properly, to reproach, to rail at or upbraid. In Latin the word precor signifies to supplicate good or evil, and precis signifies a prayer and a curse. See Imprecate.]

To ask with earnestness or zeal, as for a favor, or for something desirable; to entreat; to supplicate.“PRAY for them who despitefully use you and persecute you” Matthew 5:44
To petition; to ask, as for a favor; as in application to a legislative body.
In worship, to address the Supreme Being with solemnity and reverence, with adoration, confession of sins, supplication for mercy, and thanksgiving for blessings received.“When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly” Matthew 6:6
I pray that is, I pray you tell me, or let me know, is a common mode of introducing a question.

All definitions and other forms of “pray”

PRAY, verb transitive

To supplicate; to entreat; to urge.

“We pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God” 2 Corinthians 5:20
In worship, to supplicate; to implore; to ask with reverence and humility.“Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee” Acts 8:22
To petition.
To ask or intreat in ceremony or form.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.