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Lexicon :: Strong's G2172 - euchomai

Aa
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 57 times in 52 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 28:20–Jer 22:27)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30 - And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18 - And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah by thy estimation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his oblation unto Jehovah for his separation, besides that which he is able to get: according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20 - And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 -
He will keep the feet of his holy ones;
But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;
For by strength shall no man prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:2 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:27 -
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;
And thou shalt pay thy vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 -
He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him,
So that he seeth his face with joy:
And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 -
Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God:
Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 -
How he sware unto Jehovah,
And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5 - Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - And Jehovah shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and oblation, and shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and shall perform it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:27 - But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.

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