προσεύχομαι proseuchomai

Greek word for “to pray” · Strong’s G4336 · used 85 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

προσ-εύχομαι; to pray (always of prayer to God, or in cl., to gods): absol., 14:23 19:13 26:36, 39 26:41, 44, 6:46 11:24-25 13:33 (WH, E, txt., om.) 3:21 5:16 6:12 9:18, 28-29 11:1-2 18:1, 10 22:44 (WH, E, mg., om.), 6:6 9:11 10:9, 30…

How it is translated

Glosses given for proseuchomai in context, with how often each is used:

• praying 28
• do pray 14
• pray 13
• prayed 7
• having prayed 7
• may pray 5
• should pray 3
• will pray 2
• pl. may pray 1
• may pray for 1
• pray? 1
• shall pray 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (5), Matthew 6 (4), Mark 14 (4), Luke 22 (4), James 5 (4), Luke 9 (3), Luke 18 (3), 1 Corinthians 11 (3), 1 Corinthians 14 (3), Mark 11 (2)

Forms

• προσεύχεσθε 13
• προσευχόμενοι 10
• προσηύξατο 7
• προσεύχεσθαι 6
• προσεύξασθαι 6
• προσευχόμενος 5
• προσηύχετο 5
• προσευξάμενοι 5
• προσευχόμενον 3
• προσεύχησθε 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with proseuchomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• περί peri “about” 10
• γόνυ gonu “a knee” 4
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 6
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 8
• πατήρ patēr “father” 8
• πειρασμός peirasmos “temptation/testing” 4
• ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi “to put/lay on” 4
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 4
• χείρ cheir “hand” 5
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 5
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 4
• οἰκία oikia “home” 4

Key verses

The verses using proseuchomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:44 — But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute…
• Matthew 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Matthew 26:39 — And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,…
• Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
• Romans 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with…
• Ephesians 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• Philippians 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all…
• 1 Timothy 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Jude 1:20 — But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.