εὐχή, ἡ, (εὔχομαι)
1. prayer or vow, once in Hom. (cf. εὖχος, εὐχωλή), ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ Od. 10.526, cf. Hes. Th. 419, Thgn. 341, Hdt. 1.31, etc.; θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη.. εὐχαῖς Pi. O. 4.15; εὐχὰς ἀνασχεῖν τινι S. El. 636; εὐχὴν ἐπιτελέσαι, Lat. vota persolvere, Hdt. 1.86; εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι X. Mem. 2.2.10; εὐχὴν ἀνέστησεν SIG 1142 (Phrygia, i/ii A.D.); εὐχῇ χρῆσθαι, Lat. votis potiri, Pl. Lg. 688b; κατὰ χιλίων.. εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων to make a vow of a thousand goats, Ar. Eq. 661; ἐν θεῶν εὐχαῖσι S. OT 239, etc.; εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς Pl. Lg. 700b; εὐχὰς εὔχεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς D. 19.130; εὐχὰς εὔξεται ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Inscr.Prien. 174.18 (ii B.C.); εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι Th. 6.32, Arist. Mu. 400a17; εὐχὴν ἀποθύειν Diph. 43.10; κατ’ εὐχήν, ἐξ εὐχῆς, Lat. ex voto, Call. Epigr. 48, AP 6.357 (Theaet.); ἔχειν εὐχήν to be under a vow, [Act 18:18].
2. wish or aspiration, opp. reality, εὐχαῖς ὅμοια λέγειν to build ’ castles in the air ’, Pl. R. 499c, cf. 540d; μὴ εὐ. δοκῇ εἶναι ὁ λόγος ib. 450d; κατὰ τὴν τῶν παίδων εὐ. like a boy’s wish, Id. Sph. 249d; εὐχῆς ἄξια things to be wished, but not expected, Isoc. 4.182; πολιτεία ἡ κατ’ εὐχὴν γινομένη the ideal state, Arist. Pol. 1295a29, cf. 1288b23; ζῆν κατ’ εὐχήν ib. 1260b29.
3. prayer for evil, i.e. curse, imprecation, πατρὸς κατ’ εὐχάς A. Th. 820, cf. E. Ph. 70.
εὐχή euchē 3x
a wish, prayer, [Jas 5:15];
a vow, [Act 21:23]; [Act 18:18]
G2171 — εὐχή
εὐχῆς, ἡ (εὔχομαι (from Homer down);
1. a prayer to God: [Jam 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, [Act 18:18]; with ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν added (see ἐπί, A. I. 1 f., p. 232a), [Act 21:23].