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The same word for "pray" (halah) is used in all three verses (Zechariah 7:2; 8:21-22). In this case, it means "to correct," "to stroke one's face," "to strive to please verbally." It could even mean "to please by appearance" because it is occassionally translated "supplicate," which generally implies "to bend low."
Zech 7:2. Tools. when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah, DARBY. Verse Concepts. Zech 8:21. Tools. and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also. DARBY.
1. (v. t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; to beg; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. 2. (v. t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. 3. (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. Greek.
Most Relevant Verses. Philippians 4:6. Verse Concepts. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 1 Timothy 2:1.
Jul 2, 2024 · This Dead Sea Scroll fragment (4QDeutj) and the third-century B.C.E. translation of the Hebrew Pentateuch into Greek (the Septuagint [LXX]), however, say the nations were divided according to the “sons of Elohim” (God). What did the original Bible text say? Photo: IAA.
Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached? If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him.
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Paul asks if the word of God came from the church in Corinth or if the gospel has reached only them. Of course, neither is the case. Paul wants them to see that their church is part of the larger movement of the Christian "churches of the saints" around the world.
