proseuchē · prayer

What it means

proseuchē (προσευχή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prayer”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Talking with God, asking him.
2. A place of prayer.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• prayer ×19
• prayers ×16
• earnestly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• Acts×9
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×1
• Colossians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• Philemon×2
• James×1
• 1 Peter×2
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 21:13

  And he says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”

• Matthew 21:22

  And everything that you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

• Mark 9:29

  And he said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but by prayer.”

• Mark 11:17

  And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

• Luke 6:12

  Now it happened in these days that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

• Luke 19:46

  saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

• Luke 22:45

  And rising from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow.

• Acts 1:14

  All these were devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

• Acts 2:42

  And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.

• Acts 3:1

  Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth.

• Acts 6:4

  but we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.”

• Acts 10:4

  And he, staring at him and becoming terrified, said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have gone up as a memorial before God.

• Acts 10:31

  and he says, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.

• Acts 12:5

  So Peter was being kept in the prison; but prayer was being made earnestly by the assembly to God for him.

• Acts 16:13

  And on the day of the Sabbath we went out outside the gate beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had gathered.

• Acts 16:16

  And it happened as we were going to the place of prayer that a certain slave girl who had a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

• Romans 1:10

  always in my prayers, asking if somehow now at last I will succeed by the will of God in coming to you.

• Romans 12:12

  in hope, rejoicing; in affliction, enduring; in prayer, persevering;

• Romans 15:30

  Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers for me to God,

• 1 Corinthians 7:5

  Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

• Ephesians 1:16

  do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

• Ephesians 6:18

  through every prayer and petition, praying at every time in the Spirit, and to this end keeping alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

• Philippians 4:6

  Be anxious about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

• Colossians 4:2

  Continue steadfastly in prayer, keeping watch in it with thanksgiving,

• Colossians 4:12

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of the Messiah, greets you, always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

• 1 Thessalonians 1:2

  We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers, unceasingly,

• 1 Timothy 2:1

  I urge, then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

• 1 Timothy 5:5

  But the one who is truly a widow and left all alone has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

• Philemon 1:4

  I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

• Philemon 1:22

  And at the same time also prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be granted to you.

• James 5:17

  Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

• 1 Peter 3:7

  Husbands, likewise, live with them with understanding, as with a weaker vessel, the woman, showing honor, as also fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

• 1 Peter 4:7

  But the end of all things has drawn near. So be sensible and sober for prayers.

• Revelation 5:8

  And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

• Revelation 8:3

  And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.

• Revelation 8:4

  And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.