G2172
G2172 — εὔχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
euchomai (yoo'-khom-ai) v.
1. to wish
2. (by implication) to pray to God
[middle voice of a primary verb]
KJV: pray, will, wish
Compare: G4336, G4727
See also: G685
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
pray, will, wish
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὔχομαι; imperfect ηὐχόμην (Rom 9:3) and εὐχόμην (Act 27:29 T Tr, see εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf. Veitch, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 121)); (1 aorist middle εὐξάμην Act 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 äÄúÀôÇÌìÅÌì and òÈúÇø): 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, Act 26:29; πρός τόν Θεόν (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 2; symp. 4, 55; often in the Sept.), followed by the accusative with infinitive 2Co 13:7; ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, for one, Jas 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, 2Co 13:9; followed by the accusative with an infinitive 3Jn 1:2 (others, adhere to the religious sense, to pray, pray for, in both the preceding passages); Act 27:29; ηὐχόμην (on this use of the imperfect cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Buttmann, § 139, 15; (Lightfoot on Phm 1:13)) εἶναι, I could wish to be, Rom 9:3. (Compare: προσεύχομαι.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
εὔχομαι (pray)
Acts 26:29
- KJV: And Paul said I would to God that not only thou but also all that hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am except these bonds
- GK: ο δε Παύλος είπεν ευξαίμην αν τω θεώ και εν ολίγω και εν πολλώ ου μόνον σε αλλά και πάντας τους ακούοντάς μου σήμερον γενέσθαι τοιούτους οποίος καγώ ειμι παρεκτός των δεσμών τούτων
Acts 27:29
- KJV: Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day
- GK: φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εις τραχείς τόπους εκπέσωμεν εκ πρύμνης ρίψαντες αγκύρας τέσσαρας ηύχοντο ημέραν γενέσθαι
Romans 9:3
- KJV: For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh
- GK: ηυχόμην γαρ αυτός εγώ ανάθεμα είναι από του χριστού υπέρ των αδελφών μου των συγγενών μου κατά σάρκα
2 Corinthians 13:7
- KJV: Now I pray to God that ye do no evil not that we should appear approved but that ye should do that which is honest though we be as reprobates
- GK: εύχομαι δε προς τον θεόν μη ποιήσαι υμάς κακόν μηδέν ουχ ίνα ημείς δόκιμοι φανώμεν αλλ΄ ίνα υμείς το καλόν ποιήτε ημείς δε ως αδόκιμοι ώμεν
2 Corinthians 13:9
- KJV: For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong and this also we wish your perfection
- GK: χαίρομεν γαρ όταν ημείς ασθενώμεν υμείς δε δυνατοί ήτε τούτο δε και ευχόμεθα την υμών κατάρτισιν
James 5:16
- KJV: Confess faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much
- GK: εξομολογείσθε αλλήλοις τα παραπτώματα και εύχεσθε υπέρ αλλήλων όπως ιαθήτε πολύ ισχύει δέησις δικαίου ενεργουμένη
3 John 1:2
- KJV: Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth
- GK: αγαπητέ περί πάντων εύχομαί σε ευοδούσθαι και υγιαίνειν καθώς ευοδούταί σου η ψυχή