εὔχομαι
[in LXX chiefly for נָדַד, also for עָתַר hi., etc.;]
to pray: c. acc rei, II Co 13:9; c. dat. pers., τ. θεῷ, Ac 26:29; seq. πρὸς τ. θεόν, II Co 13:7; c. acc et inf., Ac 27:29, III Jo 2; seq. ὑπέρ, Ja 5:16; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (on impf. here, v. ICC, in l., Lft., Phm 13), Ro 9:3 (Cremer, 718).†