προσεύχομαι proseúchomai

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer

Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and G2172 (εὔχομαι);

Where it is used

• Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
• Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
• Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
• Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
• Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
• Matthew 14:23 After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
• Matthew 19:13 Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
• Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
• Matthew 24:20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.
• Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
• Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
• Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
• Matthew 26:42 A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
• Matthew 26:44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
• Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
• Mark 6:46 After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
• Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• Mark 11:25 And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
• Mark 12:40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
• Mark 13:18 Pray that this will not occur in the winter.
• Mark 13:33 Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
• Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
• Mark 14:35 Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
• Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
• Mark 14:39 Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
• Luke 1:10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
• Luke 3:21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
• Luke 5:16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
• Luke 6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
• Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
• Luke 9:18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
• Luke 9:28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
• Luke 9:29 And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
• Luke 11:1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
• Luke 11:2 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
• Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
• Luke 18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
• Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
• Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
• Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
• Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
• Luke 22:44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Luke 22:46 “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
• Acts 1:24 And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
• Acts 6:6 They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
• Acts 8:15 On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
• Acts 9:40 Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
• Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
• Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
• Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
• Acts 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
• Acts 13:3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
• Acts 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
• Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
• Acts 20:36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
• Acts 21:5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
• Acts 22:17 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
• Acts 28:8 The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
• Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.