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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2107 - εὐδοκία

Transliteration

eudokía

Phonetics

yoo-dok-ee'-ah

Origin

from a presumed compound of (G2095) and the base of (G1380)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

2:742,273

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

will, choice
1. good will, kindly intent, benevolence
delight, pleasure, satisfaction
desire
1. for delight in any absent thing easily produces longing for it

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7522 ‑ רָצֹן (raw‑tsone', raw‑tsone');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

Ephesians 2

Philippians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

NAS (13)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

Ephesians 4

Philippians 4

2 Thessalonians 1

HCS (9)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

Ephesians 2

Philippians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

BSB (9)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

Ephesians 2

Philippians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

ESV (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 2

Philippians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

WEB (8)

Matthew 1

Luke 2

Romans 1

Ephesians 2

Philippians 2

KJV (9)

desire 1

good 2

pleasure 4

will 2

NAS (13)

desire 2

good 2

intention 2

kind 2

pleased 1

pleasure 1

well-pleasing 2

will 1

HCS (9)

good pleasure 2

He favors 1

desire 2

favor 1

good pleasure 1

good purpose 1

good will 1

BSB (9)

desire 2

good pleasure 3

goodwill 1

on whom His favor rests 1

ESV (8)

desire 1

good pleasure 1

good will 1

gracious 1

pleased 1

purpose 2

resolve 1

WEB (8)

* 2

desire 1

good pleasure 1

good will 2

his good pleasure 1

to the good pleasure 1

RAH

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 3

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

BEZ

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

BGB

N-AFS 4

N-GFS 2

N-NFS 3

BMT

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

BYZ

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

ELZ

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

NA26

ADV 1

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

SBL

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 3

SCV

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

STV

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

TIS

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 3

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

εὐδοκ-ία, ἡ,

1. = cross εὐδόκησις, esp. of God, LXX 1 Chronicles 16:10, al., Luke 2:14, al.; good will, Philippians 1:15; contentment, Phld. Piet. 25.

2. object of desire, LXX Psa 144.16, Si. 18.31.

3. v.l. for cross εὐδοκιμίη in Hp. Praec. 6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

εὐδοκία, εὐδοκίας, ἡ (from εὐδοκέω, as εὐλογία from εὐλογέω), unknown to secular authors (Boeckh, Inscriptions 5960), found in the O. T. in some of the Psalms (for רָצון) and often in Sir.; on it cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 371f; (especially Lightfoot on Philippians 1:15); properly,beneplacitum (Vulg. (edited by Clement.) Ephesians 1:9);

1. will, choice: Matthew 11:26; Luke 10:21 (on both passages see ἔμπροσθεν, 2 b.); Sir. 1:27 (); , etc.; in particular, good-will, kindly intent, benevolence: Ephesians 1:5, 9; Philippians 2:13 (Psalm 50:20 (); Sir. 2:16 Sir. 11:17 () etc.); δἰ εὐδοκίαν, prompted by good will, Philippians 1:15.

2. delight, pleasure, satisfaction: with the genitive of the thing that pleases, 2 Thessalonians 1:11; ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, either among men pleasure produced by salvation, or God's pleasure in men, Luke 2:14 R G Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; ἄνθρωποι εὐδοκίας, men in whom God is well pleased (i. e. not a particular class of men (viz. believers), but the whole race, contemplated as blessed in Christ's birth), Luke 2:14. L T Tr text WH text (see WH's Appendix at the passage; Field, Otium Norv. iii. at the passage) (Psalm 144:16 (); Sir. 9:12).

3. desire (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it): Romans 10:1; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† εὐδοκία , -ας , ἡ

(< εὐδοκέω , q.v.),

[in LXX: Psalms 5:12, al. (H7522), freq. in Sir; in Inscr. (I.G., 5960), LXX, and NT = εὐδόκησις (Died.);]

good pleasure, good-will, satisfaction, approval: Matthew 11:26, Luke 10:21, Romans 10:1, Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:9, Philippians 1:15; Philippians 2:13; c. gen. obj., 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (v. Milligan, in l); ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία , Rec., R, mg., WH, mg. (v. Field, Notes, 48 f.), Luke 2:14; -ας , Lk, l.c., R, txt., WH, txt. (v. ICC, in l; WH, App., in l).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐδοκία is apparently confined to Jewish and Christian literature (to the usual reff. add Pss Sol 3.4, 8.39), but we can cite from our documents instances of the cognate noun εὐδόκησις, e.g. P Lond 289.35 (A.D. 91) (= II. p. 185) γεγωνεισμαι (l. γέγονε εἴς με) ἡ εὐδόκησις καθὼς προκῖται, P Oxy IX. 1200.35 (A.D. 266) οὐ προσδεόμενος ἑτέρας μου εὐδοκήσεως ἢ μεταλήμψεως, ";without requiring any further consent or concurrence from me"; (Ed.), and similarly ib. X. 1273.39 (A.D. 260). From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 929.108 (B.C. 139 ?) ἔλαβον εὐδόκησιν, and OGIS 335.122 (ii/B.C.) κατὰ τὴ [ν τοῦ δήμου ἐπιταγὴν καὶ τὴν βασιλέω ]ς εὐδόκησιν. All these passages confirm the meaning ";good pleasure,"; ";good will,"; which εὐδοκία seems to have in all its NT occurrences, even in Romans 10:1. On the important Luke 2:14 see Field Notes, p. 48 f., and for a defence of the reading of the TR and on εὐδοκία ἔμπροσθέν σου as ";a common periphrasis to avoid the anthropomorphism involved in God’s volition"; see McNeile on Matthew 11:26.

List of Word Forms

ευδοκια ευδοκία εὐδοκία ευδοκίαις ευδοκιαν ευδοκίαν εὐδοκίαν ευδοκιας ευδοκίας εὐδοκίας ευδοκιμούν ευεκτείν εύελπις eudokia eudokía eudokian eudokían eudokias eudokías