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Lexicon :: Strong's G4335 - proseuchē

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προσευχή
Transliteration
proseuchē (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-yoo-khay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

προσευχή proseuchḗ, pros-yoo-khay'; from G4336; prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):—X pray earnestly, prayer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's G4335 in the following manner: prayer (36x), prayed earnestly (with G4336) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's G4335 in the following manner: prayer (36x), prayed earnestly (with G4336) (1x).

  1. prayer addressed to God

  2. a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer

    1. a synagogue

    2. a place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue

      1. such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσευχή proseuchḗ, pros-yoo-khay'; from G4336; prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):—X pray earnestly, prayer.
STRONGS G4335:
προσευχή, προσευχῆς, ἡ (προσεύχομαι), the Sept. for תְּפִלָּה, equivalent to εὐχή πρός τόν Θεόν (cf. πρός, IV.
1. prayer addressed to God: Matthew 17:21 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); 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 (9); Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; Philemon 1:4, 22; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3, 4 (where ταῖς προσευχαῖς is a dative commodi, for, in aid of, the prayers (Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 c.; cf. Green, p. 101f)); οἶκος προσευχῆς, a house devoted to the offering of prayer to God, Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46 (Isaiah 56:7; 1 Macc. 7:37); προσευχή καί δέησις, Acts 1:14 Rec.; Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6 (1 Kings 8:38; 2 Chronicles 6:29; 1 Macc. 7:37; on the distinction between the two words see δέησις); plural, 1 Timothy 2:1; 1 Timothy 5:5; ἡ προσευχή τοῦ Θεοῦ, prayer to God, Luke 6:12 (εὐχαριστία Θεοῦ, Wis. 16:28; cf. references in πίστις, 1 a.); πρός τόν Θεόν ὑπέρ (L T Tr WH περί) τίνος, Acts 12:5; plural Romans 15:30; προσευχή προσεύχεσθαι, a Hebraistic expression (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; (Buttmann, § 133, 22 a.)), to pray fervently, James 5:17.
2. a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer; i. e.
a. a synagogue (see συναγωγή, 2 b.): 3Macc. 7:20 (according to the reading προσευχήν; see Grimm's Commentary at the passage); Philo in Flaccum § 6 (also § 14); leg. ad Gaium §§ 20, 43, 46; Juvenal, sat. 1, 3, 296; συνάγονται πάντες εἰς τήν προσευχήν, μέγιστον οἴκημα πολύν ὄχλον ἐπιδέξασθαι δυνάμενον, Josephus, Vita §54.
b. a place in the open air where the Jews were accustomed to pray, outside of those cities where they had no synagogue; such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of the sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer: Acts 16:13, 16; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 10, 23, cf. Epiphanius haer. 80, 1. Tertullian in his ad nationes 1, 13: makes mention of the orationes litorales of the Jews, and in his de jejuniis c. 16 says "Judaicum certe jejunium ubique celebratur, cure omissis templis per omne litus quocunque in aperto aliquando jam preces ad carlurn mittunt." (Josephus (c. Apion. 2, 2, 2) quotes Apion as representing Moses as offering αἴθριοι προσευχαί.) Cf. DeWette, Archäologie, § 242; (Schürer, Zeitgesch. § 27 vol. ii., p. 369ff). Not used by secular authors except in the passages cited above from Philo, Josephus, and Juvenal (to which add Cleomedes 71, 16; cf. Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions 2:1004 no. 2114 b. and 1005 no. 2114 bb. (A.D. 81), see Index under the word).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
8:38
2 Chronicles
1; 6:29
Isaiah
1; 56:7
Matthew
17:21; 21:13; 21:22
Mark
9:29; 11:17
Luke
6:12; 19:46; 22:45
Acts
1:14; 2:42; 3:1; 6:4; 10:4; 10:31; 12:5; 16:13; 16:16
Romans
1:10; 12:12; 15:30
1 Corinthians
7:5
Ephesians
1:16; 6:18
Philippians
4:6
Colossians
4:2; 4:12
1 Thessalonians
1:2
1 Timothy
2:1; 5:5
Philemon
1:4; 1:22
James
5:17
1 Peter
3:7; 4:7
Revelation
5:8; 8:3; 8:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4335 matches the Greek προσευχή (proseuchē),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:1 - Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:31 - and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
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