[B-Greek] The limitation of proseuxomai in the New Testament

Marc Taylor naigogaiju at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 16 02:16:47 EDT 2006


Greetings,

 In terms of the word proseuxomai Thayer says,
"everywhere of prayers to the gods, or to God [cf.
deesis fin.]". Not one time is this Greek word used
for a false god in the New Testament but is so in
Isaiah 44:17 and 45:20 in the LXX (Septuagint). Notice
that Thayer wrote "cf. deesis" showing these words are
synonymous. In fact, under "deesis" it reads that
deesis, proseuxomai and enteuxis are all synonyms. The
definition he gives for enteuxis is "used of prayer to
God". For deesis he writes "in the N.T. requests
addressed by men to God". Also in the definition of
deesis the noted linguist Professor Grimm wrote
concerning proseuxomai that it "is a word of sacred
character, being limited to the prayer of God."
 And finally W.E. Vine states in his Expository
Dictionary of New Testament Words concerning
proseuxomia that "in the NT is always addressed to
God."

 Two things I am curious about:
 1. What do Moulton and Milligan say concerning
proseuxomai in their lexicon "The Vocabulary of the
Greek Testament".
 2. Do other lexicons state anything along the lines
of what was written above? 

 Thanks
        - Naigogaiju 
 



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