G2111: εὔθετος (eúthetos)

G2111 εὔθετος (eúthetos)

Greek

Quick Definition

εὔθετος, ον Adj suitable, fit, useful

Strong's Definition

from 2095 and a derivative of 5087; well placed, i.e. (figuratively) appropriate

KJV Usage: fit, meet

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὔθετος (G2111)

adjc. | -ον | εὖ + τίθημι

66.3 · Proper, Improper

fit, suitable, usable pertaining to being fitting or appropriate, with the probable implication of usable

LUK 9:62 · HEB 6:7

65.32 · Value · Useful, Useless

useful, of value pertaining to being capable of being put to a useful purpose

LUK 14:35 · HEB 6:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὔθετος, -ov, (fr. εὖ and θετός), Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. and Hippocr. down; prop. well-placed; a. fit: εἴς τι, Lk. ix. 62 RG; xiv. 35 (34), (Diod. 2, 57 et al.) ; with dat. of the thing for which: Lk. ix. 62 LT Tr WH (τῷ πράγματι, Nicol. Stob. fl. 14, 7 [149,4]). Ὅ. useful: τινί, Heb. vi. 7 [some would make the dat. here depend on the ptep.]; (of time, seasonable, Ps, xxxi. (xxxii.) 6; Susan. 15).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὔθετος euthetos 3x

pr. well arranged, rightly disposed; fit, proper, adapted, Lk. 9:62; 14:35; useful, Heb. 6:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εὔ-θετος, -ον

(< τίθημι), [in LXX: Ps 31 (32):6 (מָצָא), Da TH Su 1:15* ;]

ready for use, fit: of things, c. dat., He 6:7; seq. εἰς, Lk 14:35; of persons, c. dat., Lk 9:62 (for rabbinic parallels, v. Dalman, Words, 119 f.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὔθετος. For εὔθετος = ““ ἀκρίς," ‘‘suitable” for a place or office, as in Lk 9%, cf. P Tebt I. 274 (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. 38 (A.D. 301) ἐργάτας . . . ὄντ[α]ς εὐθέτους καὶ ἐπιτηδείους (contrast P Amh IT. 6413 (A.D. 107) λέγων τοὺς σὺν αὐτῶι κατασταθέντας ἐ[π]ιμελητὰς βαλανείου [ἀ]θέτους, “inefficient ”), Sy// 65374 (Mysteries inscr. from Andania— B.C. 91) αὐλητὰς kal κιθαριστάς, ὅσους Ka εὑρίσκωντι εὐθέτους ὑπάρχοντας, so 145 ῥαβδοφόρους τοὺς εὐθετωτάτους. For a similar reference to persons see Polyb. xxvi. 5. 6 πρὸς πᾶσαν σωματικὴν χρείαν . . εὔθετος. The meaning ‘‘seasonable,” as in Ps 31 (32), is found in Diod. v. 57. 4 οἱ

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εὔθετος (euthetos) — suitable. εὔθετ-ος, ον, (τίθημι) well-arranged, conveniently placed, ὀστέα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερος [Refs]; ἐν εὐ. τόπῳ in a suitable place, Ἀρχ.Δελτ.[Refs]easily stowed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of the corpse, laid out for burial (compare εὐθετέω), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; εὔ. σάκος, ἀρβύλαι, well-fitting, ready for use, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὔθετόν ἐστι with infinitive, it is convenient.., [Refs]; καιρὸς εὔ. [LXX+1st c.BC+]

2. of persons, well-adapted, εἰς τοὺς τραγῳδοὺς εὔ., οὐκ εἰς τὸν βίον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς, πρὸς φιλίαν, [NT+1st c.BC+]; πράγματι for a business, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; quick, able, κατὰ τὰς ἐντεύξεις τοῖς ὄχλοις εὔ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]fit and proper persons, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc. adverb -τως, ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]