Strong's Hebrew · H6279
H6279 ʻâthar
עָתַר
aw-thar'
to pray
ʻâthar appears 20 times in Scripture, including Genesis 25:21 and Exodus 8:8. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
In the King James Version
intreat, (make) pray(-er).
Derivation
a primitive root (rather denominative from H6281 (עֶתֶר));
Appears 20 times in Scripture
“Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.”
“Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,”
“Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.””
“Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.””
“Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.””
“Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.””
“Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?””
““As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.””
“So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
