εὔχομαι euchomai · G2172

to pray/wish for

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

εὔχομαι, ; imperfect εὐχόμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) []: future εὔξομαι []aorist 1 εὐξάμην (Attic dialect ηὐ-) []: 2nd pers. singular subjunctive εὔξεαι []- only Attic dialectaccusative to Hdn.[]: —pray, θεοῖς []; εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ. []; εὔ. ἔπος to utter it in prayer, []; μεγάλα, μέγα εὔ., pray aloud, []; 2 with accusative et infinitive, pray that, []; of an unrealizable wish []: with infinitive alone, εὔ. θάνατον φυγεῖν []; τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ.. λαβεῖ; []; τοῖς θεοῖς with …

Where it's used 7 times

Acts 26:29 · Acts 27:29 · Romans 9:3 · 2 Corinthians 13:7 · 2 Corinthians 13:9 · James 5:16 · 3 John 1:2

Source: TBESG G2172; TFLSJ G2172

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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