προσεύχομαι,
future -ξομαι[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 317 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—offer prayers or vows, θεοῖς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 116, +others, etc.; τῷ ἡλίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220d; θεῷ π. σωτηρίαν ἡμῖν διδόναι [prev. author] “Criti.” 106a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, π. τὸν θεόν address him in prayer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 958, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 887. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, offer prayers, worship, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1337, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γλώσσῃ, πνεύματι, νοΐ, [[ NT.1Cor.14.14, 15. ] NT]
__II with accusative of things, pray for a thing, νίκην πολέμου [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, ἕλκειν τὸ βέδυ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῆσαι προσεύχου pray for life, [[ “epigram Gr.” 1040.11 (from Adada): followed by τοῦ] Refs] with infinitive, [[ NT.Jam.5.17 ] NT]; π. ἵνα.., περί τινων ὅπως, [[ NT.Matt.24.20, NT.Act.8.15. ] NT]