deēsis

Noun deēsis (prayer) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)

Luke

1: 13

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer (deēsis) has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.

2: 37

then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer (deēsis) night and day.

5: 33

Then they said to him, "John's disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and make prayers (deēsis), but your disciples eat and drink."