Vocabulary Form
προσεύχομαι
Definition

I pray

Erasmian
Modern
Root
προσευχ
Frequency
85
GK
4667
Forms
(προσηυχόμην), προσεύξομαι, προσηυξάμην, -, -, -
Mnemonic Singing

Have thine own way Lord, have thine own way;
wounded and weary, help me I pray.

Song

Biblical Concordance

James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray (proseuchesthō | προσευχέσθω | pres mid imperative 3 sg). Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church and have them pray (proseuxasthōsan | προσευξάσθωσαν | aor mid imperative 3 pl) over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
James 5:17 Elijah was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no rain fell on the earth.
James 5:18 Then he (prosēyxato | προσηύξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) prayed (prosēyxato | προσηύξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) again, and the heavens poured down rain and the earth produced its harvest.
Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray (proseuchomenoi | προσευχόμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) in the Holy Spirit.