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Lexicon :: Strong's G2172 - euchomai

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εὔχομαι
Transliteration
euchomai (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo'-khom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:775,279

Strong’s Definitions

εὔχομαι eúchomai, yoo'-khom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God:—pray, will, wish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2172 in the following manner: wish (3x), pray (2x), can wish (1x), I would (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2172 in the following manner: wish (3x), pray (2x), can wish (1x), I would (1x).

  1. to pray to God

  2. to wish, to pray, to pray for

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὔχομαι eúchomai, yoo'-khom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God:—pray, will, wish.
STRONGS G2172:
εὔχομαι; imperfect ηὐχόμην (Romans 9:3) and εὐχόμην (Acts 27:29 T Tr, see εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf. Veitch, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 121)); (1 aorist middle εὐξάμην Acts 26:29 Tdf., where others read the optative ἐυχαιμην; deponent verb, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 7);
1. to pray to God (the Sept. in this sense for הִתְפַּלֵּל and עָתַר): τῷ Θεῷ (as very often in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winers Grammar, 212 (199); Buttmann, 177 (154))), followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Acts 26:29; πρός τόν Θεόν (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 2; symp. 4, 55; often in the Sept.), followed by the accusative with infinitive 2 Corinthians 13:7; ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, for one, James 5:16 where L WH text Tr marginal reading προσεύχεσθε (Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 10). (Synonym: see αἰτέω, at the end)
2. to wish: τί, 2 Corinthians 13:9; followed by the accusative with an infinitive 3 John 1:2 (others, adhere to the religious sense, to pray, pray for, in both the preceding passages); Acts 27:29; ηὐχόμην (on this use of the imperfect cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Buttmann, § 139, 15; (Lightfoot on Philemon 1:13)) εἶναι, I could wish to be, Romans 9:3. (Compare: προσεύχομαι.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
26:29; 26:29; 27:29; 27:29
Romans
9:3; 9:3
2 Corinthians
13:7; 13:9
Philemon
1:13
James
5:16
3 John
1:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2172 matches the Greek εὔχομαι (euchomai),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:3 - For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[fn] my kinsmen according to the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:7 - But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:2 - Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
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