What does εὐχή (euchḗ) mean in the Bible?
εὐχή (euchḗ): Prayer rooted in personal commitment or vow; petition expressing binding obligation to God, not mere request.
Greek · G2171
εὐχή
Properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation
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εὐχή G2171
Pronunciation euchḗ
What does εὐχή (euchḗ) mean in the Bible?
εὐχή (euchḗ): Prayer rooted in personal commitment or vow; petition expressing binding obligation to God, not mere request.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2171?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a vow (2), prayer offered (1).
Where does εὐχή (euchḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a vow 2× Acts 18:18, Acts 21:23
prayer offered 1× James 5:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 18:18
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 James 1
Source forms
εὐχὴ 1x euchē James 5:15
εὐχήν 1x euchēn Acts 18:18
εὐχὴν 1x euchēn Acts 21:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 18:18, Acts 21:23
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 5:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Prayer rooted in personal commitment or vow; petition expressing binding obligation to God, not mere request.
Strong's G2171
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 18:18-23 Source Gloss
properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:18 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
εὐχήν. euchn
a prayer, vow
Read verse Acts 21:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
εὐχὴν euchn
a prayer, vow
Read verse James 5:15 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
εὐχὴ euch
a prayer, vow
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 5:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 18:18 · Acts 21:23 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
A solemn promise or vow.
A solemn promise or dedication.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὐχή is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates personal devotion distinct from justification. Acts 18:18-23
Represents voluntary religious practice, not salvific requirement. Acts 21:15-26
Canonical Themes
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain