Occurs in Authorized Version, James 5:16. The Revised Version renders appropriately: "The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working", i.e., "it moves the hand of Him who moves the world."
·noun Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficie...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun One who prays; a supplicant. II. Prayer ·vi The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest...
Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The object of this article will be to touch briefly on- • The doctrine of Scripture as to the natur...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
See Call. ...
·- The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. II. Bidding prayer ·- The praye...
The name given to the only form of prayer Christ taught his disciples (Matt. 6:9-13). The closing do...
A smaller hand-stone than that which sailors call "bible;" it is used to scrub in narrow crevices wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4) "In this prayer our Lord ...