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Strong's #2141 - εὐπορέω
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- to be well off, have means
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εὐπορ-έω,
fut. - ήσω: aor. εὐπόρησα: pf. εὐπόρηκα Diph. 43.19, etc., ηὐπ - Pl. Hp.Ma. 297e, Plu. 2.403f: —
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1.prosper, thrive, εὐποροῦσι γὰρ οἱ ὀλίγοι are wealthy, Arist. Pol. 1280a4, cf. SIG 344.116 (Teos, iv B.C.); εὐ. ἀπὸ τῶν πονηροτάτων X. Mem. 2.7.4; οἱ εὐποροῦντες Amphis 15.6; of things, ὅθεν ὁ πόλεμος εὐπορεῖ from which sources war is successfully maintained, Th. 6.34. c. gen. rei, have plenty of, abound in, χρημάτων Lys. 19.25, Antiph. 228.2; σίτων X. HG 1.6.19; ῥημάτων, ὀνομάτων, λόγων, Pl. Ion 536c, Sph. 267d, Smp. 209b; ἐφοδίων Plu. Them. 10; εὐ. ἵππων gain possession of.., X. HG 1.1.10; εὐ. τῆς ἀληθείας attain it, Arist. Metaph. 996a16; also εὐ. ἔν τινι Antipho 5.66; τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις Plb. 1.17.2.
2. find a way, find means, abs., ὡς ἕκαστοι ηὐπόρησαν Th. 6.44, cf. Pl. Grg. 478a: c. inf., to be able to do, ἐπιχειρεῖν Arist. Top. 102a13 (also τοῦ πολλὰ λέγειν Pl. Phdr. 235a); also εὐπορῶ ὅ τι λέγω I have plenty to say, Id. Ion 532c: c. part., Id. Lg. 634b; τοῦτο εὐ. to be provided with an answer on this point, Id. Euthd. 279a; οὐκ εὐ. ὅπῃ.. not to know how to do, Id. Smp. 219e; μᾶλλον εὐ. πρὸς τὴν γνῶσιν Arist. PA 644b28.
II c.acc.rei, supply or furnish, τἀργύριον Isaiah 7:8; δέκα μνᾶς τινι D. 33.7; procure, ἄλλοθεν χρήματα Id. 40.36; ὅθεν σιτοπομπίας εὐπόρησε τοῖς στρατιώταις Id. 23.155; bring forward, ἀποδείξεις D.S. 2.31; find available, μὴ -ήσας πλοῖον (leg. πλοίων) POxy. 1068.3 (iii A. D.): — hence in Pass., = intr. Act., have plenty of, abound in, τινος Arist. Oec. 1347b4; μαθητῶν Acts 11:29; τινι Plb. 5.43.8; obtain the use of, πλοίου PFlor. 367.8 (iii A. D.): abs., οἱ εὐπορούμενοι SIG 495.66 (Olbia, iii B. C.), cf. Luc. Bis Acc. 27, PMag.Par. 1.3125: — εὐπορηθέν in strict pass. sense, being furnished, Ps.- Plu. Vit.Hom. 210.
III as Philos. term, opp. ἀπορέω, have one's doubts resolved, gain clear knowledge, Pl. Men. 80c, Arist. Metaph. 995a27; εὐ. περί τινος Id. de An. 403b21.
εὐπορέω, and (especially in later Greek) middle ἐυπορέομαι, ἐυποροῦμαι: imperfect 3 person singular ηὐπορεῖτό (R G) and εὐπορέω (L T Tr WH; for references see εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); (εὔπορος, well off); to be well off, have means: Acts 11:29 (A. V. according to his ability). (Leviticus 25:26, 28, 49; often in the classics.)
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εὐ -πορέω , -ῶ
(< εὔτορος , well provided for),
[in LXX: Leviticus 25:26; Leviticus 25:49 H5381 hi.), Leviticus 25:23 (v.l.), Wisdom of Solomon 10:10*;]
to prosper, be well off: Acts 11:29.†
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P Oxy VII. 1068.3 (iii/A.D.) μὴ εὐπορήσας πλοῖον ἐν τῷ Ἀρσενοείδῃ ἔγραψα τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κληματίῳ κτλ., ";finding no boat available in the Arsinoïte nome I wrote to my lord Clematius etc."; (Ed.). PSI IV. 299.18 (iii/A.D.) ἐπὰν πλοίου εὐπορηθῶ, P Flor III, 367.8 (iii/A.D.) πολλάκις μου. . . χάρτας ἐπιστολικο [ὺς ἀπο ]στείλαντος, ἵν᾽ εὐπορῇς τοῦ γρά [φειν ] μοι, .17 ἵν ]α καὶ διὰ τῶν γραμ [μάτων ὁ φίλος εὐ ]π ̣ορῇ μανθάνων [τὰ σοῦ ? See also the curious mantic document where prognostications are derived from involuntary twitchings, P Ryl I. 28.15 (iv/A.D.) ὀσφύος δεξιὸν μέρος ἐὰν ἅλληται μεγάλως εὐπορήσει κ ̣α ̣[ὶ ] δ ̣ο ̣υ ̣ͅλ ̣ος καὶ πένης ἐκ κόπων, ";if the right part of the loin quiver, a slave or poor man will prosper greatly after distress"; (Edd.), cf. .125, and from the inscrr. Michel 984.9 (ii/B.C. ad init.) εὐπορῶν πλεονάκις ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων. A somewhat unusual use of the verb is found in P Ryl II. 162.27 (A.D. 159) where a woman who has bought a half share of a house is described as—εὐ ̣π ̣ο ̣ρ ̣[οῦσα σὺν τοῖς ] νυ ̣ͅν ̣ δικαί [ο ]ις πᾶσι καὶ πωλοῦσα καὶ ὑποτιθο ̣ῦσα κτλ., ";enjoying it with all present rights, having the power of sale, mortgage,"; etc. (Edd.).
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