Biblical Words Related to Prayer
Prayer is communication between the soul and what that soul considers divine. For me divinity is found in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, Christianity’s Trinity. To whom the soul prays matters.
אָמַר, aw-mar’; To Say – Communicative Prayer
אָמַר, aw-mar’; a prim. root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, command, commune, consider, declare, demand, *desire, determine, *express, *indeed, *intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak, *still, *suppose, talk, tell, term.
דָּבַר, daw-bar’; To Speak – Communicative Prayer
דָּבַר, daw-bar’; to speak,, to submit – answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use, utter, *well, *work.
Names of God in the Bible
To Whom am I to pray? To whom am I to communicate? With whom am I to commune? Islam prays to الله Allāh, Judeo Christians to YHWH/God, Christians to Jesus, Hinduism to Shiva, Brahma, and Indra, The list of names used to address God is longer than the total number of languages which have existed. […]