G2106: εὐδοκέω (eudokéō)

G2106 εὐδοκέω (eudokéō)

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Quick Definition

εὐδοκέω v. I am resolved, well-pleased

Strong's Definition

from 2095 and 1380; to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)

KJV Usage: think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐδοκέω (G2106)

verb | δοκέω

25.87 · Attitudes and Emotions · Acceptable To, To Be Pleased With

to be pleased with, to take pleasure in to be pleased with something or someone, with the implication of resulting pleasure

MAT 3:17 · MAT 12:18 · MAT 17:5 · MRK 1:11 · LUK 3:22 · LUK 12:32 · 1CO 10:5 · 2CO 12:10 · GAL 1:15 · 2TH 2:12 · HEB 10:6 · HEB 10:8 · HEB 10:38 · 2PE 1:17

25.113 · Attitudes and Emotions · Enjoy, Take Pleasure In, Be Fond of Doing

to enjoy to take pleasure in something in that it fulfills one’s desires In some languages the equivalent of ‘to enjoy’ is ‘to make someone happy’ or ‘to make one feel good.’ This expression in 2TH 2:12 may be rendered as ‘but when they are sinning, they feel good’ or ‘but to sin makes them happy.’

1TH 2:8 · 2TH 2:12

30.97 · Think · To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

to choose as better, to prefer, to seem good to to think of something as being good, better, or preferable

ROM 15:26 · ROM 15:27 · 1CO 1:21 · 2CO 5:8 · COL 1:19 · 1TH 2:8 · 1TH 3:1 · 2TH 2:12

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὐ-δοκέω, -@; impf. 1 pers. plur. εὐδοκοῦμεν (1 Th. ii. 8 [where WH after cod. Vat. nidox.; W.and B. as below]); 1 aor. εὐδύκησα and (in Heb. x. 6, 8, L T Tr; 1 Co. x. 5 LTr WH; Ro. xv. 26, 27 and 1 Th. iii. 1 T Tr WH ; Mt. xii. 18 Τ Tr; Mt. iii. 17 T; Col.i. 19 L mrg.) ηὐδόκησα, ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 456 and 140; W. ΤΙ (69); [Β. 84 (30); ΤᾺ Proleg. p. 120; WH. App. p. 162]; (fr. εὖ and δοκέω, ef. Fritzsche on Rom. ii. p. 370, who treats of the word fully and with his usual learning [ef. W. 101 (95)]); Sept. mostly for ΤΙΝ Ἢ; among Grk. writ. used esp. by Polyb., Diod., and Dion. Hal.; 1. asin prof. auth., foll. by an infin., it seems good to one, is one’s good pleasure; to think it good, choose, determine, decide : Lk. xii. 832; 1 Co. i. 21; Gal. i.15; once foll. by ace. w. inf., Col.i. 19 [ef. Bp. Lghtft.; W. § 64, 3b.; B. § 129,16]; with the included idea of kindness accompanying the decision, Ro. xv. 26 sq.; to do willingly what is signified by the inf., to be ready to, 1 Th. ii. 8; to prefer, choose rather, [A. V. we thought it good], 1 Th. iii. 1; Sir. xxv. 16; more fully μᾶλλον εὐδοκῶ, 2 Co. v. 8. 2. by a usage peculiar to bibl. writ., foll. by ἔν τινι, to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, a pers. or thing [ef. W. 38, 232 (218); B. 185 (160)]: Mt. iii. 17; xii. 18 Tr; xvii. 5; Mk. i. 11; Lk. iii. 22, [on the tense in the preceding pass. cf. W. 278 (261); Β. 198 (171)]; 1Co.x.5; 2 Co. xii. 10; 2 Th. 11. 12 RGLbr.; Heb. χ. 88, (3 yan, 2 5. xxii. 20; Mal. ii. 17; 3 πιεῖν, Ps. exlix. 4). foll. by ets τινα (i.e. when directing the mind, turning the thoughts, unto), to be favorably inclined towards one [ef. W. § 31, 5; B. § 133, 23]: Mt. xii. 18 RG; 2 Pet.i.17; w. simple ace. of pers. to be favorable to, take pleasure in [οἵ. W. 222 (209)]: Mt. xii. 18 L TWH; with ace. of the thing : Heb. x. 6, 8, (Ps. 1. (11.) 18, 21; Ixxxiv. (Ixxxv.) 2; Gen. xxxiii. 10; Lev. xxvi. 34, 41); as in Grk. writ. also, w. the dat. of the pers. or thing with which one is well pleased: 2 Th. ii. 12 T Tr WH (see above); 1 Mace. i. 43; 1 Esdr. iv. 39. [Comp.: συν-ευδοκέω.] ἢ

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὐδοκέω eudokeō 21x

to think well, approve, consent, take delight or pleasure, Mt. 3:17; 17:5; Mk. 1:11; Lk. 3:22; 12:32

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† εὐ-δοκέω, -ῶ

(on the derivation, v. BL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה, also for אָבָה, חָפֵץ, etc. ;]

c. inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so freq. in π. in legal documents; Milligan, Th., 22 f.): Lk 12:32, Ro 15:26-27, I Co 1:21, Ga 1:15, Col 1:19, R, mg. (ICC, in l., but v. infr.), I Th 2:8 3:1; μᾶλλον εὐ., II Co 5:8; c. acc et inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), Col, l.c., R, txt. (Lft., in l).

to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing;

c. dat. (Polyb., al.; I Mac 1:43, I Es 4:39): II Th 2:12;

as freq. in LXX,

c. acc: Mt 12:13, He 10:5, 8 (LXX);

seq. ἐν (cf. Heb. רָצָה בְּ, Ps 149:4): Mt 3:17 17:5, Mk 1:11, Lk 3:22 (on the tense, v. M, Pr., 134 f.; DCG, i,308 b), I Co 10:5, II Co 12:10, He 10:38 (LXX);

seq. εἰς: II Pe 1:17. (cf. συν-ευδοκέω, and v. Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes, 48 f.; DCG, i, 355a.)†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐδοκέω. It may be well to illustrate somewhat at length the different constructions of this characteristically Jewish Greek verb, In P Lond 538 (B.c. 146 or 135) (=I. p. 46) ηὐδόκησάς pe τῆς τιμ[ῆς T]od ἡμίσους τοῦ [τρί]του Aoyelas τῶν κειμένων νεκρῶν, the meaning apparently is, ‘“‘you have granted me the honour of the half of the third offering collected for the dead (mummies).” The construction with the inf. to denote determination, as in Lk 1283, comes out in P οὐδένα πέμψαι ἐκθὲς οὐδὲ σήμερον, and to denote readiness, as ini Th 25, in P Grenf I. 117 (ii/B.c.) εὐδοκῶ ζήλῳ δουλεὔειν, “1 have goodwill to serve thee zealously.” For the constr. with the dat., which is found in the best texts of 2 Th 215, cf. the common legal phrase εὐδοκῶ πᾶσι τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις as in P Lond 1168!° (a.p. 18) (=I. p- 136), and such passages as P Oxy II. 26177 (A.D. 55) εὐδοκεῖ yap τῇδε TH συστάσει, ““ for she gives her consent to this appointment,” 2. IV. 72537 (A.D. 183) ὁ [δ]ὲ Ἡρακλᾶς εὐδοκῶν τούτοις πᾶσι, and 20. X. 12734°(a.p. 260) διὰ τὸ ἐντεῦθεν εὐδοκεῖν τῇ ἐσομένῃ δημοσιώσει, “because both sides now agree to the future publication” (Edd.), and for the constr. with ἐπί cf. P Oxy I. 9419 (A.D. 83) εὐδοκεῖν yap αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τούτο[ι]ς, so 10. 9738 (A.D. 115-6), 24. IV. 7268 (A.D. 135), and P Tebt II. 31793 (A.D. 174-5) εὐδοκῶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἵν[α] ἢ, “ for I consent to these provisions” (Edd.). We are unable to illustrate the Bibl. constr. with év from our documents, but see Polyb. ii. 12. 3. The verb is used absolutely in P Ryl 11. 15517 (a.p. 138-61) εἸὐδοκῖν τὴν μητέρα Θασῆν, ‘her mother Thases approves”: cf. such an attesting signature as 70. 12024 (A.D. 167) “Eppetvos} ‘Eppéov εὐδοκῶ, and the phrase ἐξ εὐδοκούντων, ‘‘ by consent” in P Tebt II. 3823 (B.c. 30-a.D. 1), a7. See also the marriagecontract P Oxy III. 4968 (aA.p. 127) where the husband is not allowed to dispose of certain property χωρὶς εὐδοκούσης

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εὐδοκέω (eudokeō) — to delight. εὐδοκ-έω, to be well pleased or content, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐάν.. [Refs]: with participle, [Refs]: with dative, to be content with, find pleasure in a person or thing, [NT+1st c.BC+]: also with accusative, τινα[LXX]; [ἐγγύους] [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ γῆ -ήσει τὰ σάββατα [LXX]

2. consent, approve, with dative, τοῖς γεγραμμένοις [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῇ δημοσιώσει [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also ἐπί τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: frequently absolutely in legal documents, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. with infinitive, consent, agree to do, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] (and with accusative et infinitive, consent that.., [LXX]; to be ready, willing, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

3. b determine, resolve, NT.Luke.[Refs]

4. to be content, happy, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:— also in middle, τῆς εὐδοκουμένης ζωῆς [Refs]

5. middle, = active in signification[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. passive, to be favoured, i.e. prosper, [LXX]: with dative, find approval with, τισι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II.2. to be approved, ὑπό τινων [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III. of persons or things, to be well-pleasing or acceptable, find favour with, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. with accusative et genitive, deem worthy of, τινα τιμῆς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]