Strong's G2142: εὐπορία (euporía) Meaning

Quick Definition

εὐπορία, ας, ἡ n.f. wealth, gain

Strong's Definition

pecuniary resources

Derivation: from the same as G2141 (εὐπορέω);

KJV Usage: wealth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐπορία (G2142)

noun, f. | -ας | πορεύομαι

57.32 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Be Rich, Be Wealthy

prosperity the result of having acquired wealth It may also be convenient to translate this clause in ACT 19:25 as ‘you know that this work we do makes us rich.’ For another interpretation of εὐπορία in ACT 19:25, see εὐπορία[b] 57.201.

ACT 19:25

57.201 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Earn, Gain, Do Business

good business, easy way of making a living an easy means of gaining a profit from one’s business or trade For another interpretation of εὐπορία[a] 57.32.

ACT 19:25

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὐ-πορία, -as, ἡ, (εὔπορος, see the preced. word), riches, means, wealth: Acts xix. 25. (Xen., Plat., al.; in diff. senses in diff. auth.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὐπορία euporia 1x

wealth, abundance, Acts 19:25*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εὐ-πορία, -ας, ἡ

(< εὔπορος), [in LXX for חַיִל, IV Ki 25:10 A (freq. in Aq.)* ;]

facility.

plenty, wealth: Ac 19:25.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐπορία. With the last citation s.v. εὐπορέω cf. P Grenf II. 7219 (A.D. 290-304) εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶ, ἐξέσται σοι χρήσασθαι κατὰ Ca ευρίσκω παντοίας μου εὐπορείας, and see P Oxy I. 711-17 (a.p. 303) οὐδεμία δέ μοι ἑτέρα εὐπορία ἐστὶν ἢ τὰ χρήματα ταῦτα, ““T have no other resources than this money in question” (Edd.). The adj. is common especially along with émτήδειος to denote a person “‘rich and capable” of undertaking some duty laid upon him, as in P Oxy IX. 1187" (a.p. 254) ὃν ἐὰν αἱρῶνται φύλαρχον ὄ[ν]τα εὔπορον Kal ἐπιτήδειον, P Cairo Preis 18° (A.D. 339) ὄντ[α]ς εὐπόρους κ[αὶ] ἐπιτηδίους δυναμένους ἐκτελέσαι τὴν τὴν (om.) ἐνχειρισθεῖσαν αὐτ[οῖς] λειτουργείαν, αἱ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εὐπορία (euporia) — prosperity. εὐπορ-ία, ἡ, (εὔπορος) ease, facility, of doing a thing, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive of things, easy means of providing, τοῦ βίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εὐ. ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ, ἐκ τῆς τέχνης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐπορίαν τῇ βδελυρίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς συμμάχους ποιεῖσθαι to make them a means of satisfying his brutal passions, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων εὐ. mutual assistance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. plenty, abundance, opposed to πενίη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὸν βίον εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὴν οὐσίαν εὐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, welfare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπορία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρουραίη εὐ. rustic wealth, [Refs]; μιῆς ὄϊος καὶ βοὸς εὐ. consisting of one sheep or ox, [Refs]; ἡ Εὐ. θεά [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. opposed to ἀπορία, solution of doubts or difficulties, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀμηχανία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; resourcefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

εὐ-πορία, -ας, ἡ (εὔπορος), [in LXX for חַיִל, 4Ki.25:10 A (frequently in Aq.)* ;] __1. facility. __2. plenty, wealth: Act.19:25.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

19:25

G2142 εὐπορία (euporía)