προσεύχομαιproseúchomai

Meanings

Same root

• πρόςprós · G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
• εὔχομαιeúchomai · G2172to wish; by implication, to pray to God
• προσευχήproseuchḗ · G4335prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)

Where it appears

Appears 85 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 5:44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
• Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
• Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
• Matthew 6:7 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
• Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
• Matthew 14:23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.