proseuche
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek προσευχή (proseukhḗ). According to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:
- prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):—X pray earnestly, prayer.[1]
Noun
[edit]proseuche (plural proseuches)
- (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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 G4335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ^ Horbury, William, Noy, David (1992) Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–37: “υπέρ βασιλέως | Πτολεμαίου και | βασιλίσσης | Βερενίκης άδελ | φης καί γυναικδς καί || των τέκνων | τήν προσευχήν | οί ’Ιουδαίοι.”
- ^ Horbury, William, Noy, David (1992) Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt[2], 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] || [ · · · · ]”