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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 TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «سَوَاءٌ كَانَ قَلِيلاً أَمْ كَثِيراً، فَإِنَّ صَلاتِي إِلَى اللهِ لأَجْلِكَ وَلأَجْلِ الْحَاضِرِينَ هُنَا جَمِيعاً أَنْ تَصِيرُوا مِثْلِي، ولكِنْ دُونَ هَذِهِ السَّلاسِلِ!»
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - وَخَافُوا أَنْ تَجْنَحَ السَّفِينَةُ إِلَى الصُّخُورِ، فَأَلْقَوْا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَاسٍ، مُنْتَظِرِينَ طُلُوعَ الصَّبَاحِ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:3 - فَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَتَمَنَّى لَوْ أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَحْرُوماً مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي سَبِيلِ إِخْوَتِي، بَنِي جِنْسِي حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:7 - وَنُصَلِّي إِلَى اللهِ أَلّا تَفْعَلُوا أَيَّ شَرٍّ، لَا لِكَيْ يَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّنَا نَحْنُ فَاضِلُونَ، بَلْ لِكَيْ تَفْعَلُوا أَنْتُمْ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، وَإِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ كَأَنَّنَا فَاشِلُونَ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - وَكَمْ نَفْرَحُ عِنْدَمَا نَكُونُ نَحْنُ ضُعَفَاءَ وَتَكُونُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَقْوِيَاءَ؛ حَتَّى إِنَّنَا نُصَلِّي طَالِبِينَ لَكُمُ الْكَمَالَ!
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:16 - لِيَعْتَرِفْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لأَخِيهِ بِزَلّاتِهِ، وَصَلُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ لأَجْلِ بَعْضٍ، حَتَّى تُشْفَوْا. إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ الْحَارَّةَ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا الْبَارُّ لَهَا فَعَّالِيَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:2 - أَيُّهَا الْحَبِيبُ، أَوَدُّ أَنْ تَكُونَ مُوَفَّقاً فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ، وَأَنْ تَكُونَ صِحَّتُكَ الْبَدَنِيَّةُ قَوِيَّةً وَمُعَافَاةً كَصِحَّتِكَ الرُّوحِيَّةِ.
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