Word

εὐχή

euchḗ · G2171 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

prayer

The act of speaking to or making requests of God

Examples
James 5:15 and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
vow

A promise to God that one will do something, with the implication that failure to act accordingly will result in divine sanctions against the person in question

Examples
Acts 18:18 Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. Paul first had his hair cut at Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow.
Acts 21:23 “Therefore, do as we tell you: we have four men who have a vow upon themselves;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

σώζωto save, to deliver 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔχωto have 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

נֶדֶר neder · H5088 · vow, promise: נֶדֶר (neder, H5088) נֶדֶר denotes the vow itself as a binding commitment or obligation, while εὐχή (euchḗ, G2171) εὐχή encompasses both the petition/wish and the votive obligation that may result from it.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To pray, to speak to God, to ask God for, prayer33.178: In James 5:15, it is written, “the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up,” naming the act of praying to God.
Vow33.469: In Acts 18:18, Paul “had his hair cut at Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow,” naming a formal pledge made to God.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

εὔχομαι eúchomai · G2172 · to pray, to speak to God, to ask God for · 6×προσεύχομαι proseúchomai · G4336 · to pray, to speak to God, to ask God for · 86×προσευχή proseuchḗ · G4335 · prayer, a place for prayer · 36×εὐχήeuchḗ · G2171

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐχῆς, ἡ (εὔχομαι (from Homer down); 1. a prayer to God: Jas 5:15. 2. a vow (often so in…

εὐχῆς, ἡ (εὔχομαι (from Homer down);
1. a prayer to God: Jas 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.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Pray1 occurrence Swear, Put Under Oath, Vow2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0