Strong's #2172: euchomai (pronounced yoo'-khom-ahee)

middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God:--pray, will, wish.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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euchomai

1) to pray to God

2) to wish, to pray, to pray for

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice of a primary verb

Citing in TDNT: 2:775, 279

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Acts 26:29: "And Paul said, I would to God, that not only"
Acts 27:29: "four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day."
Romans 9:3: "For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ"
2 Corinthians 13:7: "Now I pray to God that ye do no"
2 Corinthians 13:9: "and this also we wish, even your perfection."
James 5:16: "your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed."
3 John 1:2: "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,"