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Strong's #2132 - εὐνοέω
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- to wish (one) well
- to be well disposed, of a peaceable spirit
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εὐνο-έω,
to be well-inclined or favourable, c. dat., τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι πρήγμασι Hdt. 7.237; τινι S. Aj. 689, Lys. 13.13, Ar. Nu. 1411, X. Oec. 12.5, etc.; ὀμνύω.. εὐνοήσειν Καίσαρι OGI 532.9 (Galatia, Aug.); τῷ ἀντιδίκῳ be at peace with, Matthew 5:25 : abs., Hdt. 9.79; ὁ εὐνοῶν one's well-wisher, Arist. EE 1241a11: — Med., Phalar. 119: — Pass., to be kindly or affectionately treated, dub. l. in Men. 1087; ὑπὸ γυναικός Vett. Val. 68.3; to be liked, ὑπὸ θεῶν καὶ ὑπὸ γυναικῶν Heph.Astr. 1.1.
εὐνοέω, ἐυνόω; (ἐυνως); to wish (one) well; to be well-disposed, of a peaceable spirit: τίνι, toward anyone, Matthew 5:25. (3Macc. 7:11; Sophocles, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch, Herodian)
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εὐ -νοέω , -ῶ
(< εὔνοος , friendly),
[in LXX: Ezra 8:13 Bא 1, Da LXX 2:43, 3 Maccabees 7:11*;]
to be favourable, kindly disposed: c. dat., Matthew 5:25.†
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For this verb, which is rare in Bibl. Greek and in the NT is confined to Matthew 5:25, we may cite PSI I. 64.5 (i/B.C. ?) where a woman comes under a solemn promise εὐνοεῖν, ";to be well-disposed"; towards her husband : cf. P Ryl II. 153.10 (A.D. 138–61) κα [ὶ ] αὐτὸς εὐνοήσας ἐμα [υτῷ κ ]αὶ τῷ πατρί μ ̣ο ̣υ ̣, P Oxy III. 494.9 (A.D. 156) εὐνοούσῃ μοι καὶ πᾶσαν πίστιν μοι ἐνδεικνυμένῃ, ";being well-disposed and showing entire faithfulness towards me"; (Edd.). So from the inscrr. OGIS 532.9 (B.C. 3) ὀμνύω Δία, Γῆν, Ἥλιον. . . εὐνοή [σειν Καί ]σαρι Σεβαστῶι, similarly Syll 364.20 (A.D. 37). There seems no good warrant for the transl. ";agree with"; in Mt l.c. AV, RV : see Abbott Joh. Voc. p. 207.
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