Quick Definition
εὐεργετέω v. I do good deeds, benefit
Strong's Definition
from 2110; to be philanthropic
KJV Usage: do good
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | εὖ + ἐργάζομαι
88.7 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Goodness
to do good to do that which is good and beneficial to someone
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐεργετέω euergeteō 1x
to do good, exercise beneficence, Acts 10:38*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐεργετέω, -ῶ
(< εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Ps 12 (13):6 (גָּמַל), Wi 3:5, al. ;]
to do good, bestow benefit: Ac 10:38.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐεργετέω. Michel 46814 (mid. ii/B.c.) ἵνα οὖν καὶ ὃ δῆμος φαίνηται χάριν ἀποδιδοὺς τοῖς εὐεργετοῦσιν αὐτόν, Priene 105*° (c. B.C. 9) εὑ[ρήμασιν ἰδί]οις εὐεργέτησεν (for form, cf. Wisd 11) τὴν ἐπαρχήαν. In OG/S 666? (A.D. 54-68) an Egyptian inscr. records how the Emperor Nero—6 ἀγαθὸς δαίμων τῆς οἰκουμένης, σὺν ἅπασιν ols εὐεργέτησεν ἀγαθοῖς τὴν Αἴγυπτον. . . ἔπεμψεν ἡμεῖν Τιβέριον Κλαύδιον Βάλβιλλον ἡγεμόνα, after which the inscr. mentions this man’s χάριτας καὶ εὐεργεσίας : cf. also Cagnat IV. 852 ᾿Ανίκιον "Ασπρον, τὸν ὑπατικὸν Kal κτίστην, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν εὐεργέτηται ἀνέθίηκαν). From the papyri cf. such a passage
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐεργετέω (euergeteō) — to do good. εὐεργετ-έω, the augment εὐηργ- is sometimes found, especially in codices, as imperfect εὐηργέτουν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist εὐηργέτησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect εὐηργέτηκα variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect passive εὐηργέτημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], but Inscrr. and Papyrus have εὐεργέτηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—to be a benefactor, [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. to be proclaimed as εὐεργέτης [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. with accusative person, do good services or show kindness to one, τοὺς θανόντας εἰ θέλεις εὐεργετεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative cognate, εὐ. τινὰ τὴν μεγίστην εὐεργεσίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλως or μεγάλα εὐ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, have a kindness done one, εὐεργεσίαν εὐεργετηθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐεργετούμενος εἰς χρήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]