εὐχαριστέω, -; 1 aor. εὐχαρίστησα (Acts xxvii. 35) and ηὐχαρίστησα (Ro. i. 21 GLT Tr WH; see reff. in εὐδοκέω, init.) ; 1 aor. pass. subj. 3 pers. sing. εὐχαριστηθῇ (2 Co. i. 11); (εὐχάριστος, q. V-) ; 1. to be grateful, feel thankful; so in the decree of the Byzantines in Dem. pro cor. p. 257, 2. 2. to give thanks (so Posid. ap. Athen. 5 p. 213 e.; Polyb., Diod., Philo, Joseph., Plut., Epictet., al.; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 18 [W. 23 (22)]): τινί, esp. τῷ θεῷ, Lk. xvii. 16; Acts xxvii. 35; xxviii. 15; Ro. xiv. 6; xvi. 4; 1 Co. xiv. 18 [see below]; Phil. i. 3; Col. i. 3,12; Philem. 4; (τ. the acc. [hence as nom.] in the passive, iva... ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὁ θεὸς εὐχαριστῆται, Philo, quis rer. div. her. 836). simply, so that τῷ θεῷ must be added mentally: Ro. i. 21; [1 Co. xiv. 17]; 1 Th. v. 18; esp. where the giving of thanks customary at the beginning of a feast, or in general before eating, is spoken of: Mt. xv. 36; xxvi. 27; ΜΚ. viii. 6; xiv. 23; Lk. xxii. 17,19; Jn. vi. 11, 23; 1 Co. xi. 24; εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ θεῷ διὰ Ino. Χριστοῦ, through Christ i. e. by Christ’s help (because both the favors for which thanks are given and the gratitude which prompts the thanks are due to Christ [ef. W. 378 (354) note]): Ro. i. 8; vii. 25 R WH mrg.; Col. iii. 17; τῷ θεῷ ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ (see ὄνομα, 2e.), Eph. v. 20. Of that for or on account of which thanks are given to God, we find—vepi twos, gen. of pers., concerning, with regard to one, [1 Th. i. 2]; 2 Th. i. 8 [cf. Ellic. in loc.]; w. ὅτι added epexegetically, Ro. i. 8 (where R G ὑπέρ); 2 Th. ii. 13; w. addition of ἐπί and dat. of the thing for, on account of, which, 1 Co. i. 4; ὑπέρ τινος, gen. of pers., Eph. i. 16; ὑπέρ w. gen. of the thing, for, on account of, 1 Co. x. 30; Eph. v. 20; the matter or ground of the thanksgiving is expressed by a foll. ὅτε : Lk. xviii. 11; Jn. xi. 41; 1Co.i.14; 1 Th.ii.13; Rev. xi.17; or is added asyndetically without ὅτι, 1 Co. xiv. 18 (λαλῶ LT Tr WH, for which R G λαλῶν, the ptep. declaring the cause which prompts to thanksgiving [W. 345 sq. (324); B. 300 (258)]). Once edyap. τι, for a thing, in the pass. 2 Co. i. 11 [ef. B. 148 (130); W. 222 (209)]; in the Fathers εὐχαριστεῖν τι is to consecrate a thing by giving thanks, to ‘bless’: ὁ εὐχαριστηθεὶς ἄρτος x. οἶνος, Justin M. apol. 1, 65 fin.; εὐχαριστηθεῖσα τροφή, ibid. c. 66; εἰσὶν of εὐχαριστοῦσι ψιλὸν ὕδωρ, Clem. Al. strom. i. p. 317 ed. Sylb.; [ef. Suicer, Thesaur. i. 1269. “The words εὐχάριστος, εὐχαριστεῖν, εὐχαριστία, occur in St. Paul’s writings alone of the apostolic Epistles” (Bp. Lghtft.; cf. Ellic. on Col. i. 12) }.

εὐχαριστέω eucharisteō 38x

to thank, Lk. 17:16; absol. to give thanks, Mt. 15:36; 26:27; pass. to be made a matter of thankfulness, 2 Cor. 1:11

** εὐχαριστέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Jth 8:25 Wi 18:2, II Mac 1:11 10:7 A II Mac 12:31 R, III Mac 7:16 * ;]

to be thankful, give thanks (chiefly in late writers and Inscr.; cf. Milligan, Th., 5; Ellic. on Col 1:12; Lft., Notes, 9): Ro 1:21, I Co 14:17, I Th 5:18; of giving thanks before meat, Mt 15:36 26:27, Mk 8:6 14:23, Lk 22:17, 19, Jo 6:11, 23, I Co 11:24; c. dat. pens., τ. θεῷ, Lk 17:16, Ac 27:35 28:15, Ro 14:6 16:4, I Co 14:18, Phl 1:3, Col 1:3, 12, Phm 4; seq. διὰ Ἰ. Χριστοῦ, Ro 1:8 7:25, R, WH, mg., Col 3:17; ἐν ὀνόματι Χρ., Eph 5:20; seq. περί, I Th 1:2, II Th 1:3; ὅτι, Ro 1:8, II Th 2:13; ἐπι, c. dat. rei, I Co 1:4; ὐπέρ, I Co 10:30, Eph 1:16 5:20; ὅτι, Lk 18:11, Jo 11:41, I Co 1:14, I Th 2:13, Re 11:17; pass. (Deiss., BS, 122 f.), II Co 1:11.†

SYN.: v.s. αἰνέω; and cf. Cremer, 903 f

εὐχαριστέω was originally = ‘‘do a good turn to,” ‘‘oblige,’’ as in P Petr II. 2 (4)5 (c. B.c. 260) (= Witkowski?, p. 24) edxaptστήσεις μοι, ‘“gratiam meam merebis, gratiam tibi habebo,” 7b. 15 (3)7 (B.C. 241-39) τοῦτο δὲ ποιήσας εὐχαριστήσεις ἡμῖν, “by doing this you will oblige us” (Ed.), P Hib I. 665 (B.C, 228) ὥστε σε μὴ διὰ κενῆς εὐχαριστῆσαι ἡμῖν, “*so that you shall not oblige me to no purpose ”’ (Edd.), P Eleph 137 (B.C. 223-2) εὐχαριστήσεις οὖμ μοι σαυτοῦ τε 4 U εὐχάριστος ἐπιμελόμενος, ‘oblige me by taking care of yourself’’ (on the use of the fut. see Proleg. p. 177). In late Greek this passed readily into the meaning ‘‘be grateful,” ‘* give thanks ’’: cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 18 ‘‘pro gratias agere ante Polybium usurpavit nemo.” Thus we have P Amh IT. 133? (early ii/A.D.) πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἀσπάζομαί σε kal εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι ἐδήλωσάς μοι στὴν (1. τὴν) ὑγείαν σου, P Oxy I. 71}. 35 (A.D. 303) πρὸς τὸ δυνηθῆναί με τὰ ἴδια ἀπολαβεῖν καὶ τὴ[ν] τύχην σου εὐχαρειστῖν, ‘so I shall be enabled to recover my property and acknowledge my gratitude to your excellency”” (Edd.), and more particularly with a religious reference, P Lond I. 42" (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, Sedections, p- 10) ἐπὶ (cf. τ Cor 14) μὲν τῶι ἐρρῶσθα[(] σε εὐθέως τοῖς θεοῖς εὐχαρίστουν, “41 immediately gave thanks to the gods that you were well,” P Tebt I. 56° (late ii/B.c.) καλῶς οὖν ποήσῃς εὐχαριστῆσαι πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς, δεύτερον δὲ σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλάς, BGU ΤΙ. 4235 (ii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 90) εὐχαριστῶ τῷ κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι, ὅτι μου κινδυνεύσαντος εἰς θάλασσαν ἔσωσε, and from the inscrr. Syll 807 as cited sv. ἀναβλέπω (cf. Lk 1716). See also Ramsay Exp7 x. p- 54 for the prevalence of the formula εὐχαριστῶ τῇ θεῴ in votive inscrr., recalling at once the Pauline εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ pov. [On the place of ‘ thanksgiving ” in early letters, and the correspondence suggested with the outward form of the Pauline Epistles, cf. Deissmann ZAZ£, p. 168 n.%, Milligan Documents, p. 93-] With the use of the passive in 2 Cor 144, Deissmann (8S, p. 122) compares the mutilated P Petr IT. 2 (4)5 (B.c. 260-59) εὐχαριστηθείς μοι. In still another set of passages εὐχαριστέω passes into the meaning “‘ pray,” as P Lond 4138 (c. A.D. 346) (=II. p. gor) ε[ὐ]χ[αρ]ειστῶ (εὐχαριστῶ GH) τῷ θεῷ περὶ [τῆ]ς σ[ωτ]ηρίας, 7. 4188 (6. A.D. 346) (-- 11. p. 303) εὐϊχαρι[σ]τ[ο]ῦμε τί] θεῷ περὶ [τ]ῆς ὁλοκληρα σε (? 1 ὁλοκληρίας σου) (both as amended P Lond III. p. 387), and the vi/A.p. Christian amulet BGU III. 954% (= Selections, p. 132) εὐχαριστῶ ἐγὼ Σιλουανὸς υἱὸς Σαραπίωνος kal κλίνω τὴν κεφαλήν [poly καενώπιόν (2. κατεν---) σου. MGr εὐκαριστῶ, “thank,” ‘‘ satisfy.

εὐχαριστέω (eucharisteō) — to thank. εὐχᾰριστ-έω, bestow a favour on, oblige, τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Δηλίων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

2. to be thankful, return thanks, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς Αθηναίοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπί τινι or περί τινος for a thing, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially to the gods, ἐπὶ τῷ ἐρρῶσθαί σε τοῖς θεοῖς εὐ. [NT+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be thanked, ηὐχαρίστηται κεραυνοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be received with thanks, [NT]

3. pray, τῷ θεῷ περί τινος [Refs 4th c.AD+]