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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 - Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have the honor over me - when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed from you and your houses, so that they will be left only in the Nile?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - Pharaoh said, "I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses said, "I am going to go out from you and pray to the LORD, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30 - So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Pray to the LORD, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18 - Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - "Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - "Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, 'When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to 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 no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - "'Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - "'Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake made without yeast from the basket, and one wafer made without yeast, and put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - then the priest must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering. After this the Nazirite may drink wine.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - "If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - "But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20 - The LORD was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - I prayed to him: O, Lord GOD, do not destroy your people, your valued property that you have powerfully redeemed, whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you - your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - When you make a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the LORD your God as a freewill offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - She made a vow saying, "O LORD of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - After four years Absalom said to the king, "Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the LORD while I was in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: 'If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:2 - He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:27 - You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 - He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 - Make vows to the LORD your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - and how he made a vow to the LORD, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5 - It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - The LORD will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the LORD's authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - Then the LORD said, "As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:27 - You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!"

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