Quick Definition
suitable, fit, useful
Strong's Definition
well placed, i.e. (figuratively) appropriate
Derivation: from G2095 (εὖ) and a derivative of G5087 (τίθημι);
KJV Usage: fit, meet
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὔθετος, εὔθετον (from εὖ and θετός), Greek writings from Aeschylus and Hippocrates down; properly, well-placed;
a. fit: εἰς τί, Luk_9:62 R G; (34) (Diodorus 2, 57, et al.); with the dative of the thing for which: Luk_9:62 L T Tr WH (τῷ πράγματι, Nicolaus Damascenus, Stobaeus, fl. 14, 7 (149, 4)).
b. useful: τίνι, Heb_6:7 (some would make the dative here depend on the participle); (of time, seasonable, Psa_31:6 (); Susanna, 15).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὔθετος euthetos 3x
pr. well arranged, rightly disposed; fit, proper, adapted, Luk_9:62 ; Luk_14:35 ; useful, Heb_6:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὔ -θετος , -ον
( <τίθημι ),
[in LXX : Psa_32:6 ( H4672 ), From Th Sus 1:15 * ;]
ready for use, fit: of things, c . dat ., Heb_6:7 ; seq . εἰς , Luk_14:35 ; of persons, c . dat ., Luk_9:62 (for rabbinic parallels, v. Dalman, Words , 119 f .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὔθετος [page 261]
For εὔθετος = adapted, suitable for a place or office, as in Luk_9:62 , cf. P Tebt I. 27 .44 (B.C. 113) ἵνα μὲν πρὸς ταῖς προειρημέναις χρείαις εὔθετοι κατασταθῶσιν , see that suitable persons are appointed to the aforesaid offices (Edd.), P Flor I. 3 .8 (A.D. 301) ἐργάτας . . . ὄντ [α ]ς εὐθέτους καὶ ἐπιτηδείους (contrast P Amh II. 64 .12 (A.D. 107) λέγων τοὺς σὺν αὐτῶι κατασταθέντας ἐ [π ]ιμε̣λ̣η̣τ̣ὰς βαλανείου [ἀ ]θέτους , inefficient ), Syll 653 .74 (Mysteries inscr. from Andania B.C. 91) αὐλητὰς καὶ κιθαριστάς , ὅσους κα εὑρίσκωντι εὐθέτους ὑπάρχοντας , so .148 ῥαβδοφόρους τοὺς εὐθετωτάτους . For a similar reference to persons see Polyb. xxvi. 5. 6 πρὸς πᾶσαν σωματικὴν χρείαν . . εὔθετος . The meaning seasonable, as in Psa_31:6 [MT Psa_32:6 ], is found in Diod. v. 57. 4 οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καιρὸν εὔθετον λαβόντες . See also s.v. ἀνεύθετος and ἀθετέω . Hobart p. 75 gives exx. from medical authors.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὔθετος εὔ-θετος, ον "well-arranged or easily stowed", Aesch. ; εὔθ. σάκος "well-fitting, ready for use", Lat. habilis, id=Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὔ-θετος, -ον
(τίθημι), [in LXX: Psa.32:6 (מָצָא), From Th Sus 1:15* ;]
ready for use, fit: of things, with dative, Heb.6:7; before εἰς, Luk.14:35; of persons, with dative, Luk.9:62 (for rabbinic parallels, see Dalman, Words, 119 f.).†
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