Strong G2172εὔχομαι
to pray/wish for
- Transliteration
- euchomai
- Pronunciation
- yoo'-khom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication to pray to God: - pray will wish.
Detailed definition
εὔχομαι
[in LXX chiefly for נָדַד, also for עָתַר hi., etc.;]
to pray: with accusative of thing(s), 2Co.13:9; with dative of person(s), τ. θεῷ, Act.26:29; before πρὸς τ. θεόν, 2Co.13:7; with accusative and inf., Act.27:29, 3Jn.2; before ὑπέρ, Jas.5:16; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (On imperfect here, see ICC, in l, Lft., Phm 13), Rom.9:3 (Cremer, 718).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָדַד, also for עָתַר hi., etc.;]
to pray: with accusative of thing(s), 2Co.13:9; with dative of person(s), τ. θεῷ, Act.26:29; before πρὸς τ. θεόν, 2Co.13:7; with accusative and inf., Act.27:29, 3Jn.2; before ὑπέρ, Jas.5:16; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (On imperfect here, see ICC, in l, Lft., Phm 13), Rom.9:3 (Cremer, 718).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2172 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wish4
- pray2
- that1
- will1
First verses
- Acts 26:29And 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.
- Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
- 2 Corinthians 13:7Now 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.
- 2 Corinthians 13:9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
- James 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- 3 John 1:2Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔχομαι,
imperfect εὐχόμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.275, etc.)]: future εὔξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 622 (_anapaest meter_), etc.:)]aorist 1 εὐξάμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.254, etc.)]: 2nd pers. singular subjunctive εὔξεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.45: (augment ηὐ)]- only Attic dialectaccusative to Hdn.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Gr. 2.789, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 175))]: —pray, θεοῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.296, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.64, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58, etc.; ἀγάλμασι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 5; ἀνέμοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.178; Ἀργείοισι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 980: c._accusative_ _cognate_, εὐχὰς εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.130)]; εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.18)]; εὔ. ἔπος to utter it in prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.19, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.2, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1059 (Lyric poetry))]; μεγάλα, μέγα εὔ., pray aloud, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.239; πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι 3.54: later, c._accusative_, Ἄρτεμιν εὔ. “Anthologia Graeca” 9.268 (Antip. Thess.): _absolutely_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.298, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 465 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 39 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
2 with accusative et infinitive, pray that, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.353, 21.211, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31)]; of an unrealizable wish [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (εὐχή 2), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118a32, compare 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.341d)]: with infinitive alone, εὔ. θάνατον φυγεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.401)]; τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ.. λαβεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27; οἶκον ἰδεῖν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.293, etc.)]; τοῖς θεοῖς with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117c)]; also εὔ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι pray that the gods may give, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 351, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.26; πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διδόναι [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.2; ταῖς Μούσαις εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 545d, etc.)]; later εὔ. ἵνα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (Aristeas 45, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.53, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.6.12; ὅπως “Wien.Stud.” 44.159.)]
3 with accusative object, pray for, long or wish for, χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.37, etc.; εὐχόμενος ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.1)]; εὔ. τινί τι pray for something for a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1019; κακόν τινι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.21)]; also, pray for a thing from.., τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.10)]; τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 3.14.3; δεινὸν κατά τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 32.)]
II vow or promise to do.., with future infinitive, εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.526; θεοῖσι.. ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.50, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.101, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58b, “IG” 12.108.55, 22.112.6 (4th c.BC): with)]aorist infinitive, εὔχετο πάντ᾽ ἀποδοῦναι claimed (the right) to pay in full, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.499 (unless in signification 111.3): with)]present infinitive, ηὔξω θεοῖς.. ἂν ὧδ᾽ ἔρδειν τάδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 933, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1032 codices)]
II.2 with accusative of things, vow a thing, πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 963; ἱερεῖον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1619; [λύχνον] περὶ παιδός 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 56.3.)]
II.3 εὔ. κατά τινος of the thing vowed (as though on the altar), εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26, compare 2.294b; κατὰ νικητηρίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 1.16.)]
III profess loudly, boast, vaunt, οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται, οὕνεκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.366; εὑρεῖν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 2.6)]: mostly, not of empty boasting, but of something of which one has a right to be proud, ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.211, compare 8.190; πατρὸς δ᾽ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι 14.113, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449a: rarely without)]infinitive, ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.199; τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.23, compare “P.” 4.97)]; πόρτις εὔχεται βοός (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 314; ἔνθεν εὔχομαι γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696)]; but also,
III.2 boast vainlv, brag, εὔχεαι αὔτως [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.388)]: with infinitive, εὔ. δῃώσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1318.)]
III.3 simply, profess or declare, ἱκέτης δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.450; οὔτ᾽ ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ᾽ ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.53)]; τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι]; [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1251; compare above 11.1.)]
IV passive, ἐμοὶ μετρίως ηὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279c)]: perfect infinitive, ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.112.12 (4th c.BC))]; ἡ πανήγυρις ἡ.. εὐχθεῖσα vowed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.32: but)]pluperfect (or non-thematic preterite) ηὔγμην in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 610; so εὖκτο Thebaïs “fragment” 3)]. (Cf. Sanskrit óhate 'to (be able to) boast that one is', 'to brag', Avest. aog- 'declare solemnly'.)
imperfect εὐχόμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.275, etc.)]: future εὔξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 622 (_anapaest meter_), etc.:)]aorist 1 εὐξάμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.254, etc.)]: 2nd pers. singular subjunctive εὔξεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.45: (augment ηὐ)]- only Attic dialectaccusative to Hdn.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Gr. 2.789, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 175))]: —pray, θεοῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.296, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.64, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58, etc.; ἀγάλμασι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 5; ἀνέμοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.178; Ἀργείοισι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 980: c._accusative_ _cognate_, εὐχὰς εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.130)]; εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.18)]; εὔ. ἔπος to utter it in prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.19, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.2, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1059 (Lyric poetry))]; μεγάλα, μέγα εὔ., pray aloud, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.239; πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι 3.54: later, c._accusative_, Ἄρτεμιν εὔ. “Anthologia Graeca” 9.268 (Antip. Thess.): _absolutely_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.298, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 465 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 39 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
2 with accusative et infinitive, pray that, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.353, 21.211, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31)]; of an unrealizable wish [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (εὐχή 2), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118a32, compare 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.341d)]: with infinitive alone, εὔ. θάνατον φυγεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.401)]; τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ.. λαβεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27; οἶκον ἰδεῖν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.293, etc.)]; τοῖς θεοῖς with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117c)]; also εὔ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι pray that the gods may give, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 351, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.26; πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διδόναι [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.2; ταῖς Μούσαις εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 545d, etc.)]; later εὔ. ἵνα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (Aristeas 45, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.53, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.6.12; ὅπως “Wien.Stud.” 44.159.)]
3 with accusative object, pray for, long or wish for, χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.37, etc.; εὐχόμενος ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.1)]; εὔ. τινί τι pray for something for a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1019; κακόν τινι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.21)]; also, pray for a thing from.., τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.10)]; τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 3.14.3; δεινὸν κατά τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 32.)]
II vow or promise to do.., with future infinitive, εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.526; θεοῖσι.. ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.50, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.101, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58b, “IG” 12.108.55, 22.112.6 (4th c.BC): with)]aorist infinitive, εὔχετο πάντ᾽ ἀποδοῦναι claimed (the right) to pay in full, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.499 (unless in signification 111.3): with)]present infinitive, ηὔξω θεοῖς.. ἂν ὧδ᾽ ἔρδειν τάδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 933, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1032 codices)]
II.2 with accusative of things, vow a thing, πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 963; ἱερεῖον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1619; [λύχνον] περὶ παιδός 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 56.3.)]
II.3 εὔ. κατά τινος of the thing vowed (as though on the altar), εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26, compare 2.294b; κατὰ νικητηρίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 1.16.)]
III profess loudly, boast, vaunt, οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται, οὕνεκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.366; εὑρεῖν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 2.6)]: mostly, not of empty boasting, but of something of which one has a right to be proud, ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.211, compare 8.190; πατρὸς δ᾽ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι 14.113, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449a: rarely without)]infinitive, ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.199; τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.23, compare “P.” 4.97)]; πόρτις εὔχεται βοός (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 314; ἔνθεν εὔχομαι γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696)]; but also,
III.2 boast vainlv, brag, εὔχεαι αὔτως [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.388)]: with infinitive, εὔ. δῃώσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1318.)]
III.3 simply, profess or declare, ἱκέτης δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.450; οὔτ᾽ ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ᾽ ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.53)]; τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι]; [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1251; compare above 11.1.)]
IV passive, ἐμοὶ μετρίως ηὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279c)]: perfect infinitive, ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.112.12 (4th c.BC))]; ἡ πανήγυρις ἡ.. εὐχθεῖσα vowed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.32: but)]pluperfect (or non-thematic preterite) ηὔγμην in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 610; so εὖκτο Thebaïs “fragment” 3)]. (Cf. Sanskrit óhate 'to (be able to) boast that one is', 'to brag', Avest. aog- 'declare solemnly'.)