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This is an old way of saying, "I Pray to Thee". Typically used by someone to ask or plead for something from someone else. Such as--> "I prithee, please can you spare some food?"

The first known use of this term was in the early 1600's.

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This is an old way of saying, "I Pray to Thee". Typically used by someone to ask or plead for something from someone else. Such as--> "I prithee, please can you spare some food?"

The first known use of this term was in the early 1600's.

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"Prithee" is a contraction of "pray thee" and is an archaic term that is used to mean "I pray thee" or "I beg you." In "The Prince and The Pauper," characters use the term as a polite way to make a request or ask a question.

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In the King James version

the first few appearances of the word "pray" are not in connection with speaking to God....

  • Gen 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
  • Gen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
  • Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
  • Gen 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Until we get to Abraham speaking directly to God...

  • Gen 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
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In the King James version

the first such word is

* Gen 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

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