Word

προσεύχομαι

proseúchomai · G4336 · Greek · 86 occurrences

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Meanings

to pray, to speak to God, to ask God for, prayer

To speak to or to make requests of God

Examples
Matthew 5:44 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 6:5 “And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matthew 6:6 “But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

78 occurrences in 21 groups

Not stated (participle) 18
Not stated: you (more than one) 15
Not stated: he, she or it 13
Not stated: I 6
Not stated (infinitive) 4
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

18 occurrences in 19 groups

Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (22) 22

To or for whomIndirect object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

θεόςGod 1
πατήρfather 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

26 occurrences in 28 groups

εἰςto+ ὄροςmountain 4
περίconcerning, about, for+ ἐγώI, we 3
Other words · 26 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28

With adverbsAdverbs

9 occurrences in 8 groups

καίand 2
πάλινagain, and, also 2
πάντοτεalways 2
ἐπαύριονthe next day 1
ἅμαtogether with, at the same time 1
μήnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γραμματεύςscribe, expert in the Law 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δεῖmust, to be necessary 1
πρέπωto be fitting 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

βούλομαιto want, to intend 1
διδάσκωto teach, teaching 1
εἴδωto know 1
ἔπωto say 1
παύωto cease, to stop 1
φιλέωto love 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin 2
ἕωςuntil, to, as far as 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

פָּלַל pâlal · H6419 · to expect, to pray, to intercede: פָּלַל (pâlal, H6419) is the primary Hebrew verb for prayer and supplication, serving as the direct semantic equivalent of προσεύχομαι (proseúchomai, G4336) across the LXX translation tradition, both denoting the act of petitioning or supplicating God in worship contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To pray, to speak to God, to ask God for, prayer33.178: The verb describes the act of speaking to God in petition or worship. Jesus' teaching on prayer uses this term: “But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:6).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

εὔχομαι eúchomai · G2172 · to pray, to speak to God, to ask God for · 6×προσεύχομαιproseúchomai · G4336προσευχή proseuchḗ · G4335 · prayer, a place for prayer · 36×εὐχή euchḗ · G2171 · prayer, vow · 3×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon deponent middle; imperfect προσηυχομην; future προσεύξομαι; 1 aorist προσηυξάμην; (on the…

deponent middle; imperfect προσηυχομην; future προσεύξομαι; 1 aorist προσηυξάμην; (on the augment see WHs Appendix, p. 162; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 121); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for הִתְפַּלֵּל; to offer prayers, to pray (everywhere of prayers to the gods, or to God (cf. δέησις, at the end)): absolutely, Mt 6:5-7, Mt 6:9; Mt 14:23; Mt 26:36, Mt 26:39, Mt 26:44; Mk 1:35; Mk 6:46; Mk 11:24; Mk 13:33 (L T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); 14:(32), 39; Lk 1:10; Lk 3:21; Lk 5:16; Lk 6:12; Lk 9:18, Lk 9:28; Lk 11:1; Lk 18:1, Lk 18:10; Lk 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); Acts 1:24; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:11, Acts 9:40; Acts 10:9, Acts 10:30; Acts 11:5; Acts 12:12; Acts 13:3; Acts 14:23; Acts 16:25; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; Acts 22:17; Acts 28:8; 1 Cor 11:4; 1 Cor 14:14; 1 Thess 5:17; 1 Tim 2:8; Jas 5:13, Jas 5:18; followed by λέγων and direct discourse, containing the words of the prayer, Mt 26:39, Mt 26:42; Lk 22:41; προσεύχεσθαι with a dative indicating the manner or instrument, 1 Cor 11:5 (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7 d.); 1 Cor 14:14f (cf. Winer's Grammar, 279f (262f)); μακρά, to make long prayers, Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; Mk 12:40; Lk 20:47; ἐν πνεύματι (see πνεῦμα, 4 a., p. 522{a} middle), Eph 6:18; ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, Jude 1:20; προσευχή (see προσευχή, 1 at the end), Jas 5:17; προσεύχεσθαι with the accusative of a thing, Lk 18:11; Rom 8:26 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 41 b. 4 b.; Buttmann, § 139, 61 c.); ἐπί τινα, over one, i. e. with hands extended over him, Jas 5:14 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 408 (381) n.); namely, ἐπί τινα, Mt 19:13, as commonly in Greek writings with the dative of the person to whom the prayers are offered (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14): Mt 6:6; 1 Cor 11:13 (Isa 44:17); περί with the genitive of a person, Col 1:3 (R G T WH text); 1 Thess 5:20; Heb 13:18; ὑπέρ with the genitive of a person, Mt 5:44; Lk 6:28 (where T WH Tr marginal reading περί (see περί, the passage cited γ. also ὑπέρ, I. 6); Col 1:3 L Tr WH marginal reading (see references as above), 9); προσεύχεσθαι followed by ἵνα, with the design of, 1 Cor 14:13, cf. Meyer, in the place cited (Winer's Grammar, 460 (428)); the thing prayed for is indicated by a following ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 b.): Mt 24:20; Mt 26:41; Mk 13:18; Mk 14:35, Mk 14:38; Lk 22:46 (but in Mt 26:41; Mk 14:38; (Lk 22:46?), ἵνα is more common regarded as giving the aim of the twofold command preceding); τοῦτο ἵνα, Phm 1:9; περί τίνος ἵνα, Col 4:3; 2 Thess 1:11; 2 Thess 3:1; ὑπέρ τίνος ἵνα, Col 1:9; ὑπέρ τίνος ὅπως, Jas 5:16 L WH text Tr marginal reading; περί τίνος ὁππος, Acts 8:15 (ὅπως (which see II. 2) Seems to indicate not so much the contents of the prayer as its end and aim); followed by an infinitive belonging to the subject, Lk 22:40; followed by τοῦ with the infinitive, Jas 5:17.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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Pray85 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0