Greek noun (feminine) · G2171
εὐχή
eucheyoo-khay'
a prayer; a vow
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: euchḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2171is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2171
properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation
The King James renders it: prayer, vow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
euche is rendered "a prayer; a vow". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a prayer".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
Acts 18:18εὐχήν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a prayer, and a vow.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a prayerJas.5:15. | Tagged as
| WhereJames 5:15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up… |
| a vowAct.18:18 21:23.† | Tagged as
| WhereActs 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εὐχὴ1
- εὐχήν1
- εὐχὴν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Acts
two uses
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
- εὐχήνeuchennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a vow
Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
- εὐχὴνeuchennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a vow
James
one use
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- εὐχὴeuchenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prayer
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.