euchomai expresses prayer for another’s good or an earnest wish for a hoped-for outcome.

The attested use most often concerns prayer directed toward God for another person’s conduct, restoration, health, or healing. In several other clauses it expresses an earnest wish, including a wish for hearers, for daylight, or even for the speaker’s own separation for his kinsmen.

1. Prayer for another’s good · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 13:7, the first-person present form occurs in the clause asking God that the readers do no evil but do what is good; in 2 Corinthians 13:9 it concerns their restoration. The same present forms accompany requests for prosperity and health in 3 John 1:2 and mutual healing in James 5:16; the APB renders these clauses with “pray.”

   2 Corinthians 13:72 Corinthians 13:93 John 1:2James 5:16
2. Earnest wish for a hoped-for result · common

   In Acts 26:29, the first-person aorist optative form stands in Paul’s wish that his hearers might become as he is, apart from his chains. In Acts 27:29, the third-person imperfect form is used as those on the ship wished for day to come, while Romans 9:3 places a first-person imperfect form in the speaker’s expressed wish concerning his kinsmen; the APB renders these with “would to God” or “wished.”

   Acts 26:29Acts 27:29Romans 9:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “pray,” including requests for conduct, restoration, health, and healing; it also uses “would to God” and “wished” in clauses of earnest desire. These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.