Lexicon euché: a prayer Original Word: εὐχή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: euché Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-khay') Short Definition: a prayer, vow Definition: a prayer comprising a vow; a prayer, vow. HELPS word-Studies 2171 eux (from 2172/euxomai, "to pray, vow," which is the root of 1336/proseuxomai, the most common NT word for "pray") – properly, a wish or prayer (as in Js 5:15). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom euchomaiDefinitiona prayer NASB Translationprayer (1), vow (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2171: εὐχήεὐχή, εὐχῆς, ἡ ( εὔχομαι (from Homer down); 1. a prayer to God: James 5:15. 2. a vow (often so in the Sept. for נֵדֶר and נֶדֶר, also for נֵזֶר consecration, see ἁγνίζω): εὐχήν ἔχειν, to have taken a vow, Acts 18:18; with ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν added (see ἐπί, A. I. 1 f., p. 232a), Acts 21:23.
Strong's prayer, vow. From euchomai; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation -- prayer, vow. see GREEK euchomai |
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