G2313 θεομαχέω (theomachéō)

εὔνοια, -as, 7, (evvoos), good-will, kindness: 1 Co. vii. ὃ Ree. ; μετ᾽ εὐνοίας, Eph. vi. 7. [From Aeschyl. down. ]

** θεομαχέω, -ῶ

(< θεομάχος), [in LXX: II Mac 7:19*;]

to fight against God: Ac 23:9 (Rec.).†

εὔνοια. With the use of εὔνοια in Eph 67, cf. P Oxy III. 4945 (A.D. 156) where a testator sets free certain slaves κατ᾽ εὔνοιαν Kal φιλοστοργίαν. Other examples are 74. 642 (1i/A.D.) πεφροντίκαμεν τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς... εὐνοίας Kal ἀρετῆς, P Tebt II. 32610 (c. a.n. 266) εὐνοίᾳ καὶ πίστι καὶ τῇ τοῦ γένους οἰκειότητι, ‘owing to his kindness, fidelity, and ties of kinship’’ (Edd.), Sy// 722!% (Cretan—ii/B.c.) ὁμοίως δὲ kal τὰν εὔνοιαν ἂν ἔχει πορτὶ τὰν πόλιν, and so frequently in the inscrr. In P Par 6315 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 32) ots ὀφειλόμενόν ἐστι διὰ [τὴν] πρὸς τὰ [πρ]άγματ᾽ εὔνοιαν ἀσμενῶς ἐπιδεξάσθαι τὸ προτεινόμενον, Mahafly renders ‘‘ whose duty it is, on account of their loyalty to the existing state of affairs, to receive what is proposed cheerfully.” A different turn is given to the word in BGU IV. 112115 (B.C. 5) ἐργάζεσθαι δὲ τὰ pepiobwpéva . . . τῇ καθηκούσῃ εὐνοίᾳ : cf. P Giss I. 561 (vi/a.D.) πᾶσα]ν [σπου]δὴν καῇ] εὔνοιαν ποιεῖσθαι, and the Jewish inscr. in C. and 8. ii. p. 650 (ς. A.D. 60-80) διά τε τὴν ἐνάρετον (““ virtuous ’’) αὐτῶν [Bljaciw καὶ τὴν πίρ]ὸς τὴν συναγωγὴν εὔνοιάν τε καὶ σπουδήν. For the adj. εὔνους (as in 4 Macc 43) cf Syi/ 649." (B.C. 282-1) ὅσ]οι εἰσὶν εὔνους kal φίλοι Tod δήμου (on the heterocl. plur. see Meisterhans Gy. p. 149): it occurs as a proper name in BGU III. 999% 4 (B.c. 99) ad. (cf. Mayser Gr. p. 258).

θεομαχέω (theomacheō) — to fight God. θεομᾰχ-έω, fight against God or the gods, [LXX+5th c.BC+]