- Transliteration: Proseuche

- Phonetic: pros-yoo-khay'

- Definition:

1. prayer addressed to God

2. a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer

a. a synagogue

b. a place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue

1. such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer

- Origin: from G4336" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4336

- TDNT entry: 15:27,3

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G4336" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4336; prayer (worship); by implication an oratory (chapel): - X pray earnestly prayer.