Quick Definition
good action, kind service
Strong's Definition
beneficence (genitive case or specially)
Derivation: from G2110 (εὐεργέτης);
KJV Usage: benefit, good deed done
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐεργεσία, εὐεργεσίας, ἡ (εὐεργέτης); a good deed, benefit: 1Ti_6:2 (on which see ἀντιλαμβάνω, 2); with the genitive of the person on whom the benefit is conferred (Winer's Grammar, 185 (174)), Act_4:9. (2Ma_6:13 2Ma_9:26; Wis_16:11; Wis_16:24; in Greek authors from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐεργεσία euergesia 2x
well-doing, a good deed, benefit conferred, Act_4:9 ;
duty, good offices, 1Ti_6:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐεργεσία , -ας , ἡ
( < εὐεργέτης ),
[in LXX : Psa_78:11 ( H5949 ), Wis_16:11 ; Wis_16:24 , 2Ma_6:13 ; 2Ma_9:26 , 4Ma_8:17 * ;]
a good deed, kindness, benefit: 1Ti_6:2 ; c . gen . pers . (εὐ . πόλεως , Plat ., leg., 805b), Act_4:9 ,†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐεργεσία [page 260]
P Flor I. 61 .14 (A.D. 85) (= Chrest. II. p. 88 ) τῆς σῆς εὐεργεσίας δεόμενος ἐντυγχάνει σοι an advocate addresses the prefect on behalf of his client, P Ryl II. 96 .10 (A.D. 117 18) κατὰ τὴν εὐεργεσίαν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος , P Oxy VI. 899 .19 (A.D. 200) διὰ τὴν ἔμφυτόν σου εὐεργεσίαν , P Fay 20 .16 (iii/iv A.D.) πλὴν μᾶλλον φιλανθρωπίᾳ τε καὶ εὐεργεσίαις συναύξειν ταύτην τὴν ἀρχήν , but rather by liberality and the conferring of benefits to increase the welfare of this empire (Edd.), and BGU III. 970 .8 (ii/A.D.) τῆς εἰς ἅπαντας εὐεργεσίας . . ἀβοήθητος , where note the gen. after a negative adj. (cf. Proleg. p. 74). Add from the inscrr. Michel 383 .15 (ii/B.C.) ἀρετῆ [ς ἕν ]εκεν καὶ εὐνοίας καὶ εὐεργεσίας τῆς εἰς [τὸ ]ν δῆμον , ib. 965 .2 (ii/B.C. ad init. ) διὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὰς ἄλλας εὐεργεσίας ἃς πο [ιῶν διατελεῖ τὸν δῆμον , et alibi.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὐεργεσία εὐεργεσία, ἡ, "well-doing", Od. , Theogn. , etc. "good service, a good deed, kindness, bounty, benefit", Od. , Hdt. ; εὐ. καταθέσθαι ἔς τινα Thuc. ; εὐ. ὀφείλεταί μοι id=Thuc. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐεργεσία, -ας, ἡ
(εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Psa.78:11 (עֲלִילָה), Wis.16:11, 24, 2Ma.6:13 2Mac 9:26, 4Ma.8:17 * ;]
a good deed, kindness, benefit: 1Ti.6:2; with genitive of person(s) (εὐ. πόλεως, Plat., leg., 805b), Act.4:9,†
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