G2163: εὔφημος (eúphēmos)

G2163 εὔφημος (eúphēmos)

Greek

Quick Definition

εὔφημος, ον Adj well reported of, spoken in a kindly spirit

Strong's Definition

from 2095 and 5345; well spoken of, i.e. reputable

KJV Usage: of good report

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὔφημος (G2163)

adjc. | -ον | φημί

33.360 · Communication · Praise

worthy of praise, worthy of approval (derivative of εὐφημία ‘to praise,’ 33.356) pertaining to deserving approval or good reputation In a number of languages ‘worthy of praise’ may be rendered as ‘what people should praise.’

PHP 4:8

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὔφημος, -ov, (εὖ and φήμη), sounding well; uttering words of good omen, speaking auspiciously: neut. plur. εὔφημα, things spoken in a kindly spirit, with good-will to others, Phil. iv. 8 [A. V. of good report, (Τὶ. V. mrg. gracious) ]. (In very diverse senses com. in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὔφημος euphēmos 1x

pr. of good omen, auspicious; hence, of good report, commendable, laudable, reputable, Phil. 4:8*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εὔφημος, -ον

(εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: Ps 62 (63):6 ;]

primarily, uttering words or sounds of good omen, hence,

avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent.

fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): Phl 4:8.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὔφημος μένους καλῶς | κἀν τοῖς κακοῖς δεῖ λόγον ἔχειν εὐφημίας, “the well born and nicely nurtured must carefully abstain from evil speech even in misfortune,” and 74. p. 89 εὐφημείσθω | τέμενος περὶ Λευκάδος ἀκτῆς, “let the shrine be held in good repute along the Leucadian shore.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εὔφημος (euphēmos) — commendable. εὔφημ-ος, Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη) uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I. abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e. religiously silent, εὔφημον.. κοίμησον στόμα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, [Refs]; εὔφημα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. mild, softening [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Latin in meliorem partem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb comparative -ότερον [Refs]

I.3. fair-spoken, εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. in positive sense, fair-sounding, auspicious, μῦθοι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εὔ. πόνοι pious, holy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα, [NT+5th c.BC+]. adverb -μως with or in words of good omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.AD+]

III. laudatory, λόγοι εὔ. panegyrics, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]