Proseúchomai — G4336

G4336 · Greek — προσεύχομαι

Pronunciation: pros-yoo'-khom-ahee

Definition

verb

to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship

  1. to offer prayers, to pray (everywhere of prayers to the gods, or to God )
  2. followed by λέγων and direct discourse, containing the words of the prayer

Usually translated as

pray, make prayer

Origin

from G4314 and G2172

Occurrences

Proseúchomai occurs 87 times in 82 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (14), Mark (11), Luke (18), Acts (16), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (6), Ephesians (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (3), 1 Thessalonians (2), 2 Thessalonians (2), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1), James (4), Jude (1)

Strong's Lexicon — P