Greek · Strong's G2172
εὔχομαι
euchomaiyoo'-khom-ahee
to wish
1890 spelling: eúchomai
- ε5
- υ400
- χ600
- ο70
- μ40
- α1
- ι10
Isopsephy 1,126
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
Rendered in the KJV as
pray, will, wish.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- εὐξαίμην1
- εὔχεσθε1
- εὔχομαί1
- εὐχόμεθα1
- εὐχόμεθα,1
- ηὐχόμην1
- ηὔχοντο1
How it is rendered · 7
- do pray1
- I pray1
- I would wish1
- they were praying for1
- was wishing1
- We pray1
- We pray for1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · present deponent, statement · 1st person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, optative · 1st person singular1
- verb · imperfect deponent, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · imperfect deponent, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · present deponent, command · 2nd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNI-1P · 2
- V-ADO-1S · 1
- V-INI-1S · 1
- V-INI-3P · 1
- V-PNI-1S · 1
- V-PNM-2P · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 26:29εὐξαίμηνeuxaimēnverb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, optative · 1st person singular“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”here: I would wish
- Acts 27:29ηὔχοντοēuchontoverb · imperfect deponent, statement · 3rd person pluralFearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.here: they were praying for
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 13:7εὐχόμεθαeuchomethaverb · present deponent, statement · 1st person pluralNow we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.here: We pray
- 2 Corinthians 13:9εὐχόμεθα,euchomethaverb · present deponent, statement · 1st person pluralIn fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.here: We pray for