Original Word: εὐχή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: euché
Pronunciation: yoo-khay'
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-khay')
KJV: prayer, vow
NASB: vow, prayer
Word Origin: [from G2172 (εὔχομαι - pray)]

1. (properly) a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation

prayer, vow.

From euchomai; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation -- prayer, vow.

see GREEK euchomai

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).

Word Origin
from euchomai
Definition
a prayer
NASB Translation
prayer (1), vow (2).

STRONGS NT 2171: εὐχή

εὐχή, 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.

ευχαί ευχαίς ευχάς ευχη ευχή εὐχὴ ευχην ευχήν εὐχήν εὐχὴν ευχής ευχών euche euchē euchḕ euchen euchēn euchḗn euchḕnInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts