Quick Definition
I am of goodcheer
Strong's Definition
to be in good spirits, i.e. feel encouraged
Derivation: from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and G5590 (ψυχή);
KJV Usage: be of good comfort
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐψυχέω, εὐψυχῶ; (εὔψυχος); to be of good courage, to be of a cheerful spirit: Php_2:19. (Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 9; (Pollux 3, 28 § 135 at the end); in epitaphs, ἐυψυχει! equivalent to Latinhavepiaanima!)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐψυχέω eupsycheō 1x
to be animated, encouraged, in good spirits, Php_2:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† εὐψυχέω , -ῶ
( < εὔψυχος , courageous),
to be of good courage: Php_2:19 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐψυχέω [page 268]
The force of this rare verb, as in Php_2:19 , comes out well in a letter from a wife to her husband, BGU IV. 1097 .15 (time of Claudius or Nero) ἐ ]γὼ γὰρ οὐ co ovligwrw/( avlla. euvyucο̣ῦσα πα [ρα ]μένω . It is found, instead of the usual χαίρειν , in the salutation of a letter of condolence, P Oxy I. 115 .1 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 96) Εἰρήνη Ταοννώφρει καὶ Φίλωνι εὐψυχεῖν . See also Hermas Vis. i. iii 2 σὺ μόνον μὴ ῥᾳθυμήσῃς , ἀλλὰ εὐψύχει καὶ ἰσχυροποίει σου τὸν οἶκον . Εὐψύχει is very common in sepulchral inscrr., as Preisigke 46 Νίγερ μαχαιροφόρος , εὐψύχι , (ἐτῶν ) ξ̄ . For the subst. see Syll 686 .30 (ii/A.D.) ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δὲ καὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ εὐψυχίας ἦλθεν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὐψυχέω εὐψυ_χέω, φυτ. -ήσω "to be of good courage", NTest. imperat. εὐψύχει "farewell", Inscr. on tombs, Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐψυχέω, -ῶ
(εὔψυχος, courageous),
to be of good courage: Php.2:19.†
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