King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2171
Transliteration: euchē
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-khay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a prayer
Meaning: a prayer
εὐχή, εὐχῆς, ἡ (εὔχομαι (from Homer down);
Word Summary
euchē: a prayer
Original Word: εὐχήTransliteration: euchē
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-khay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a prayer
Meaning: a prayer
Strong's Concordance
prayer, vow. From euchomai; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation -- prayer, vow.
see GREEK euchomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.