εὔφημος, ἐυφημον (εὖ and φήμη), sounding well; uttering words of good omen, speaking auspiciously: neuter plural εὔφημα, things spoken in a kindly spirit, with good-will to others, Php_4:8 (A. V. of good report (R. V. marginal reading gracious)). (In very diverse senses common in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)

εὔφημος euphēmos 1x pr. of good omen, auspicious; hence, of good report, commendable, laudable, reputable, Php_4:8

εὔφημος , -ον (εὖ , φήμη ), [in Sm .: Psa_63:6 ;] primarily, utter\-ing words or sounds of good ome n, hence, 1. avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent. 2. fair-sounding, auspicious ( R , mg ., gracious): Php_4:8 .†

εὔφημος [page 267] A suggestion of the earlier associations of this word (see s.v. εὐφημία ) may perhaps be found in Php_4:8 , where it recalls Greek ethical teaching, and signifies the delicacy which guards the lips, that nothing may be expressed in public worship that could disturb devotion or give rise to scandal (E. Curtius Gesch. Abhandl. ii. p. 532, Exp. VII. iv. p. 442).

εὔφημος [Etym: φήμη] "uttering sounds of good omen", or "abstaining from inauspicious words", i. e. "religiously silent", opp. to δύσφημος, Aesch. , etc.; εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες uttering words of "religious" thought, i. e. keeping a holy silence, Soph. ; so, ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i. e. in silence, id=Soph. ; εὔφημα φώνει, like εὐφήμει, id=Soph. in positive sense, "auspicious", Aesch. , Eur. , etc.:—so adv. -μως, "with or in words of good omen", Hhymn. , Aesch.

εὔφημος, -ον (εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: Psa.63:6 ;] primarily, utter­ing words or sounds of good omen, hence, __1. avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent. __2. fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): Php.4:8.† (AS)