G2172
εὔχομαι
to pray/wish for
εὔχομαι [in LXX chiefly for נָדַד, also for עָתַר hi., etc. ;] to pray: with accusative of thing(s), 2Co.13:9; with dative of person(s), τ. θεῷ, Act.26:29; before πρὸς τ. θεόν, 2Co.13:7; with accusative and inf., Act.27:29, 3Jn.2; before ὑπέρ, Jas.5:16; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (On imperfect here, see ICC, in l, Lft., Phm 13), Rom.9:3 (Cremer, 718).† (AS)
The KJV translates G2172 in the following manner:
pray (4x), that (4x), wish (4x), wished (2x), would (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
εὔχομαι — eúchomai
εὔχομαι; imperfect ηὐχόμην (Rom 9:3) and εὐχόμην (Act 27:29 T Tr, see εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf. Veitch, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 121)); (1 aorist middle εὐξάμην Act 26:29 Tdf., where others read the optative ἐυχαιμην; deponent verb, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 7);
1. to pray to God (the Sept. in this sense for הִתְפַּלֵּל and עָתַר): τῷ Θεῷ (as very often in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winers Grammar, 212 (199); Buttmann, 177 (154))), followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Act 26:29; πρός τόν Θεόν (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 2; symp. 4, 55; often in the Sept.), followed by the accusative with infinitive 2Co 13:7; ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, for one, Jas 5:16 where L WH text Tr marginal reading προσεύχεσθε (Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 10). (Synonym: see αἰτέω, at the end)
2. to wish: τί, 2Co 13:9; followed by the accusative with an infinitive 3Jn 1:2 (others, adhere to the religious sense, to pray, pray for, in both the preceding passages); Act 27:29; ηὐχόμην (on this use of the imperfect cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Buttmann, § 139, 15; (Lightfoot on Phm 1:13)) εἶναι, I could wish to be, Rom 9:3. (Compare: προσεύχομαι.)
7 occurrences
Acts (2), Romans (1), II Corinthians (2), James (1), III John (1)