Midvash

προσευχήproseuchḗ

prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)

Greek (New Testament) · G4335

Meanings

1. prayer to God: Matthew 17:21 Matthew 21:22, Mark 9:29, Luke 22:45, Acts 3:1, Acts 6:4, Acts 10:31, Romans 12:12, 1 Corinthians 7:5, Colossians 4:2; plural, Acts 2:42, Acts 10:4, Romans 1:10, Ephesians 1:16, Colossians 4:12, 1 Thessalonians 1:2, Philemon 1:4, Philemon 1:22, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 4:7, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4; οἶκος προσευχῆς, Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46 (LXX); π. καὶ δέησις, Ephesians 6:18, Philippians 4:6; plural, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 5:5; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, prayer to God (cf. Wisdom 16:28), Luke 6:12; πρὸς τ. θεόν, followed by ὑπέρ, Acts 12:5; plural, Romans 15:30; Hebraistically (Bl., § 38, 3), προσευχῇ προσεύχεσθαι, James 5:17 (EV, prayed fervently).

2. a place of prayer: of a synagogue (3 Maccabees 7:20, v.l.; see Charles, APOT, i, 173; for other examples, see Kennedy, Sources, 114); of a place in the open, Acts 16:13, Acts 16:16.

Synonyms

see δέησις.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 35 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 21:13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
  • Matthew 21:22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
  • Mark 9:29 Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.”
  • Mark 11:17 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
  • Luke 6:12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
  • Luke 19:46 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.