proseuche

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“towards”) + [Term?] (“to pray”)

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:

from G4336 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible; prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):—X pray earnestly, prayer.[1]

Noun

proseuche (plural proseuches)

  1. (religion) A place of prayer; among the Jews, one that was not a synagogue, or the temple, usually roofless.[1] [from 3rd c. BCE][2][3]
    • 246–221 BCE, Plaque, dedication of a Schedian proseuche:
      On behalf of king Ptolemy and queen Berenice his sister and wife and their children, the Jews (dedicated) the proseuche.
    • 246–221 BCE, Stele, dedication of an Arsinoëan-Crocodilopolitan proseuche:
      On behalf of king Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy, and queen Berenice his wife and sister and their children, the Jews in Crocodilopolis (dedicated) the proseuche .....

Alternative forms

References
  1. G4335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  2. Horbury, William, Noy, David (1992) Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–37: “υπέρ βασιλέως | Πτολεμαίου και | βασιλίσσης | Βερενίκης άδελ | φης καί γυναικδς καί || των τέκνων | τήν προσευχήν | οί ’Ιουδαίοι.”
  3. Horbury, William, Noy, David (1992) Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 201–203: “υπέρ βασιλέως | Πτολεμαίου τοΰ | Πτολεμαίου καί | βοκηλίσσης | Βερενίκης της || γυναικδς καί | άδελφης καί των | τέκνων οΐ έν Κροκ[ο] | δίλων πόλει *Ιου[δαΐ] | ον την προ[σευχήν] || [ · · · · ]”
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