Quick Definition
εὐφημία, ας, ἡ n.f. commendation, good report
Strong's Definition
from 2163; good language ("euphemy"), i.e. praise (repute)
KJV Usage: good report
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | φημί
33.356 · Communication · Praise
speaking well of, praise speaking of something in favorable terms
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐφημία, -as, ἡ, (εὔφημος, q- V-), prop. the utterance of good or auspicious words; hence good report, praise: 2 Co. vi. 8 (opp. to δυσφημία), as in Diod. 1, 2 [4 ed. Dind.]; Ael. v. h. 3,47. (In diff. senses in other auth. fr. Pind., Soph., and Plat. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐφημία euphēmia 1x
pr. use of words of good omen; hence, favorable expression, praise, commendation, 2 Cor. 6:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** εὐφημία, -ας, ἡ
(< εὔφημος), [in Sm.: Ps 41 (42):5 46 (47):2 99 (100):2 125 (126):2 * ;]
good report, praise: opp. to δυσφημία, II Co 6:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐφημία, which by derivation is = ‘‘good φήμη,᾽᾽ ‘auspicious sound,” came to be applied ina wider sense to ‘‘ reputation,” as presumably in 2 Cor 68, its only NT occurrence: cf. the letter addressed to a bishop, P Lond 8919 (iv/A.p.) (= IIL. p. 242, Chrest. I. p. 757) ἢ yap εὐφημία σου, πάτερ, περιεκύκλωσεν τὸν κ[όσ)]μον ὅλον ὡς ἀγαθὸν πατέρα (/. ἀγαθοῦ πατρός), and from the inscrr. “77Ἴελεί 39459 (mid. 1.8.6.) εἶναι θ᾽ ἑαυτῷ]. . τὴν πα[ρὰ] πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐφημίαν, OGTS 3305) (c. B.C. 120) περιτιθεὶς τὴν ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐφημίαν τῆι πάτριδι, and for the verb Sy// 6 5339 (B.C. gt) ὅταν δὲ at θυσίαι καὶ τὰ μυστήρια συντελεῖται, εὐφαμεῖν πάντας καὶ ἀκούειν τῶν παραγγελλομένων. From Menander we may cite γασηι. p. 194 τοὺς εὖ γεγονότας καὶ τεθραμ-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐφημία (euphēmia) — good report. εὐφημ-ία, ἡ, use of words of good omen, opposed to δυσφημία:
I. abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence, εὐφημίαν ἴσχε, ={εὐφήμει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐφημία ʼστω, εὐφημία ʼστω, as a proclamation of silence before a prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. in positive sense, auspiciousness, λόγων εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially a fair or honourable name for a bad thing, euphemism (as Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη, etc.), δι᾽ εὐφημίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. falsa lectio for{εὐφωνία}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. prayer and praise, worship, offered to the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={εὐχή}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. honour, good repute enjoyed by men, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀθάνατος εὐ. D.S1.2; opposed to δυσφημία, [NT]; ἀδιάλειπτος [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἡ ὕστερον εὐ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ.good repute, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; panegyric, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἡ εὐ. σου, as a form of address, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; αἱ εὐ. plaudits, acclamations in a local senate, [Refs 4th c.AD+]