Lexical Definition

‎προσευχή‎ proseuchḗ (pros-yoo-khay') prayer ^G:N-F
from ‎προσεύχομαι‎

X pray earnestly, prayer.

• prayer (worship)
• by implication, an oratory (chapel)

Abbott-Smith

† προσ-ευχή, -ῆς, ἡ (< προσεύχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּפִלָּה;]
1. prayer to God: Mt 17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.) 21:22, Mk 9:29, Lk 22:45, Ac 3:1 6:4 10:31, Ro 12:12, I Co 7:5, Col 4:2; pl., Ac 2:42 10:4, Ro 1:10, Eph 1:16, Col 4:12, I Th 1:2, Phm 4, 22, I Pe 3:7 4:7, Re 5:8 8:3, 4; οἶκος προσευχῆς, Mt 21:13, Mk 11:17, Lk 19:46 (LXX); π. καὶ δέησις, Eph 6:18, Phl 4:6; pl., I Ti 2:1 5:5; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, prayer to God (cf. Wi 16:28), Lk 6:12; πρὸς τ. θεόν, seq. ὑπέρ, Ac 12:5; pl., Ro 15:30; Hebraistically (Bl., § 38, 3), προσευχῇ προσεύχεσθαι, Ja 5:17 (EV, prayed fervently).
2. a place of prayer: of a synagogue (III Mac 7:20, v.l.; v. Charles, APOT, i, 173; for other exx., v. Kennedy, Sources, 114); of a place in the open (FlJ, Ant., xiv, 10, 23), Ac 16:13, 16.†
SYN.: v.s. δέησις.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

προσευχή, ἡ,

prayer, οἶκος προσευχῆς, of the Temple, [LXX+3rd c.AD+]

__II place of prayer, sanctuary, chapel, [Refs]; especially among the Jews. synagogue, [NT+3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Isa.56.7 ☩ Acts.16.13}