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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 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 Box Gen 31:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30 - And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18 - And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest shall take the sodden 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 Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, 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 Box Num 21:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear 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 Box Num 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then there shall be a place which the LORD 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 the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 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 Box Deu 23:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 - He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - Therefore take unto you now 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: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 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 hast vowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 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 Box Isa 19:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 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 Box Jer 22:27

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

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