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Strong's #4336 - προσεύχομαι
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προσεύχομαι,
fut. -ξομαι A. Ag. 317: —
offer prayers or vows, θεοῖς A. l.c., cf. E. Hipp. 116, al., etc.; τῷ ἡλίῳ Pl. Smp. 220d; θεῷ π. σωτηρίαν ἡμῖν διδόναι Id. Criti. 106a, cf. X. Cyr. 2.1.1 .
2. c. acc., π. τὸν θεόν address him in prayer, Ar. Pl. 958, cf. E. Tr. 887 .
3. abs., offer prayers, worship, Hdt. 1.48, A. Pr. 937, S. Ant. 1337, etc.; π. γλώσσῃ, πνεύματι, νοΐ, 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 .
II c. acc. rei, pray for a thing, νίκην πολέμου X. HG 3.2.22: c. inf., ἕλκειν τὸ βέδυ π. Philyll. 20; ζῆσαι προσεύχου pray for life, Epigr.Gr. 1040.11 ( Adada ): folld. by τοῦ c. inf., Ep.Jac. 5.17; π. ἵνα . ., περί τινων ὅπως, Ev.Matthew 24:20, Acts 8:15 .
προσ -εύχομαι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6419 hith.;]
to pray (always of prayer to God, or in cl., to gods): absol., Matthew 6:5-7; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 14:23; Matthew 19:13; Matthew 26:36; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:41; Matthew 26:44, Mark 1:35; Mark 6:46; Mark 11:24-25; Mark 13:33 (WH, E, txt., om.) Mark 14:32; Mark 14:38-39 Luke 1:10; Luke 3:21; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 9:18; Luke 9:28-29; Luke 11:1-2; Luke 18:1; Luke 18:10; Luke 22:44 (WH, E, mg., om.), Acts 1:24; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:11; 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 Corinthians 11:4-5; 1 Corinthians 14:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Timothy 2:8, James 5:13; James 5:18; seq. λέγων , Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42, Luke 22:41; c. dat. instr., 1 Corinthians 11:5; 1 Corinthians 14:14-15; μακρά , Matthew 23:14 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47; ἐν πνεύματι (ἁγίῳ ), Ephesians 6:18, Judges 1:20; προσευχῇ Papyri (a Hebraism, see προσευχή ), James 5:17; c. acc rei, Luke 18:11, Romans 8:26; seq. ἐπί , c. acc pers., James 5:14; c. dat. pers., Matthew 6:6, 1 Corinthians 11:13; seq. περί , c. gen., Acts 8:15, Colossians 1:3; Colossians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:25, 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:1, Hebrews 13:18; ὑπέρ , Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:28, Colossians 1:9, James 5:16; seq. ἵνα , Matthew 24:20, Mark 13:18; Mark 14:35, Luke 22:46, 1 Corinthians 14:13; τοῦτο ἵνα , Philippians 1:9; c. inf., Luke 22:46; seq. τοῦ , c. inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), James 5:17.†
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For the use of this word in Acts 16:16 in the sense of ";ventriloquist,"; commentators generally appeal to Plut. de defectu Oraculorum 9 τοὺς ἐγγαστριμύθους. . νῦν. . πύθωνας προσαγορευομένους, the utterance being traced to the presence of a ";familiar spirit"; (πύθων) in the body of the speaker : cf. LXX Leviticus 19:31; 1Ki. 28:7 [MT 1 Samuel 28:7] al. Along with this the girl is described as having a certain prophetic power, μαντευομένη : cf. Suidas, πύθων · δαιμόνιον μαντικόν, and Knowling’s note EGT ad Ac l.c.
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