Greek verb · G2172
εὔχομαι
euchomaiyoo'-khom-ahee
to pray/wish for
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eúchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2172is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2172
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
The King James renders it: pray, will, wish.
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
euchomai is rendered "to pray/wish for". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 26:29“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.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
“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.”
Acts 26:29εὐξαίμην
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do pray1
- I pray1
- I would wish1
- they were praying for1
- was wishing1
- We pray1
- We pray for1
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 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- εὐχόμεθα2
- εὐξαίμην1
- εὔχεσθε1
- εὔχομαί1
- ηὐχόμην1
- ηὔχοντο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural2V-PNI-1P
- verb · aorist middle form, optative · 1st person singular1V-ADO-1S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-INI-1S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PNI-1S
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person plural1V-PNM-2P
Acts
two uses
“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.”
- εὐξαίμηνeuxaimenverb · aorist middle form, optative · 1st person singulartagged: I would wish
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
- ηὔχοντοeuchontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were praying for
Romans
one use
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
- ηὐχόμηνeuchomenverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: was wishing
2 Corinthians
two uses
Now 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.
- εὐχόμεθαeuchomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: We pray
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
- εὐχόμεθαeuchomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: We pray for
James
one use
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- εὔχεσθεeuchestheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do pray
3 John
one use
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
- εὔχομαίeuchomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I pray
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.