ῆς (ἡ) :
      1 prière, SPT. Esaï. 56, 7 ; NT. Matth. 21, 13 ;
      2 lieu de prière, temple, JOS. A.J. 14, 10, 23 : PHIL. 2, 523, etc. ; NT. Ap. 16, 10.

Étym. προσεύχομαι.

ἡ, prayer, οἶκος προσευχῆς, of the Temple, LXX Is. 56.7; κατὰ τὰς κοινὰς ἡμῶν εὐχὰς καὶ προσευχάς BGU 1080.5 (iii AD).
place of prayer, sanctuary, chapel, IPE 1². 176 (Olbia), 2.52 (Panticapaeum); esp. among the Jews.
synagogue, PEnteux. 30.5 (iii BC), OGI 726 (Egypt, iii BC), 96.6 (ibid., iii/ii BC), al., PTeb. 86.18 (ii BC), Ph. 2.523, J. Vit. 54, Apion ap. eund. Ap. 2.2, Act. Ap. 16.13, Juv. 3.296.

ἡ,
1) Gebet, Bitte an eine Gottheit, θεῶν, Plut. Timol. 25 ; NT.
2) Ort zum Beten, Bethaus, bes. der Juden, Sp., wie NT.

προσ-ευχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< προσεύχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּפִלָּה ;]
__1. prayer to God: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.) Mat.21:22, Mrk.9:29, Luk.22:45, Act.3:1 6:4 10:31, Rom.12:12, 1Co.7:5, Col.4:2; pl., Act.2:42 10:4, Rom.1:10, Eph.1:16 Col.4:12, 1Th.1:2, Phm 4 22, 1Pe.3:7 4:7, Rev.5:8 8:3-4; οἶκος προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13, Mrk.11:17, Luk.19:46' (LXX) ; π. καὶ δέησις, Eph.6:18, Php.4:6; pl., 1Ti.2:1 5:5; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, prayer to God (ef. Wis.16:28), Luk.6:12; πρὸς τ. θεόν, before ὑπέρ, Act.12:5; pl., Rom.15:30; Hebraistically (B1., § 38, 3), προσευχῇ προσεύχεσθαι, Jas.5:17 (EV, prayed fervently).
__2. a place of prayer: of a synagogue (3Ma.7:20, seel.; see Charles, APOT, i, 173; for other exx., see Kennedy, Sources, 114); of a place in the open (FlJ, Ant., xiv, 10, 23), Act.16:13, 16.†
SYN.: see: δέησις (AS)