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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 36 times in 36 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[fn] but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:29 - He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[fn]? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:12 - One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’[fn]; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 - When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - They devoted 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 - One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:31 - and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:30 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 - Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:2 - Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:2 - We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:1 - I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:4 - I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:22 - And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:7 - The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:8 - And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:4 - The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.
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