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G4909 συνευδοκέω (syneudokéō)
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Quick Definition

συνευδοκέω v. I consent, agree, am of one mind with

Strong's Definition

from 4862 and 2106; to think well of in common, i.e. assent to, feel gratified with

KJV Usage: allow, assent, be pleased, have pleasure

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | δοκέω

31.17 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Agree, Consent

to agree to, to consent to to decide with someone else that something is preferable or good

LUK 11:48 · ACT 8:1 · ACT 22:20 · ROM 1:32 · 1CO 7:12 · 1CO 7:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

συν-ευδοκέω, -@; (see εὐδοκέω, init.) ; a. to be pleased together with, to approve together (with others) : absol. (yet so that the thing giving pleasure is evident from the context), Acts xxii. 20 GLT Tr WH; witha dat. of the thing, Lk. xi. 48; Acts viii. 1; xxii. 20 Rec. ({Polyb. 24, 4,13]; 1 Macc. i. 57; 2 Mace. xi. 24). b. to be pleased at the same time with, consent, agree to, (2 ([Polyb. 32, 22, 9]; 2 Mace. xi. 35); foll. by an inf. 1 Co. vii. 12 sq. [R.V. here be content]; w. a dat. of a pers. to applaud [R. V. consent with], Ro.i.32. (Diod.; eccles. writ.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συνευδοκέω syneudokeō 6x

to approve with another; to agree with in principle, Rom. 1:32; to stamp approval, Lk. 11:48; Acts 8:1; 22:20; to be willing, agreeable, 1 Cor. 7:12, 13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** συν-ευ-δοκέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: I Mac 1:57, 4:28 א1, II Mac 11:24, 35 * ;]

to join in approving, consent, agree to or with: absol., Ac 22:20; c. dat. pers., Ro 1:32; c. dat. rei, Lk 11:48, Ac 8:1; c. inf., I Co 7:12, 13 (chiefly in late writers).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

συνευδοκέω, ‘approve of,” ‘fagree with.’’ An early ex..of this common Hellenistic verb is found-in P Grenf II. 2635 (B.c. 103) συνευδοκοῦντες τῶν προγεγραμμένων. Cf. for the dat. constr., as in Lk rr’, Rom 132, P Oxy XIV. 1644?? (B.C. 63-2) ἐπὶ δ]ὲ πᾶσι τ]οῖς mpoyeypappévors συνευδοκοῦσιν [οἱ τ]ῶν ὁμ[ολο]γούντων μ[άρτυ)ρες, 20. II. 237%! 4 (A.D. 186) συνευδοκῆσαι βουληθείσαι --ς"-- αὐτῷ ὑποτιθεμένῳ τὴν οὐσίαν ταύτην, ‘‘when we wished to agree to his mortgaging the property in question” (Edd.). For the absol. use, as in Ac 227°, cf. BGU IV. 112098 (B.C. 13) ὡμολ(όγησεν) ὁ ΤΙρώταρχ(ος) συνευδοκ(ούσης) καὶ τῆς γυναικ(ός). The subst. συνευδόκησις is seen in the sale contract P Oxy X. 1276! (A.D. 249) οὐ προσδεόμενος με[τ]αδόσεως οὐδὲ ἑτέρας συνευδοκήσεως ἡμῶν, , συνέχω “without requiring a notification or any further concurrence on our part” (Edd.), and similarly 2. XIV. 16383 (A.D. 282).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

συνευδοκέω (suneudokeō) — to agree to. συνευδοκ-έω, join in approving, give one's consent, [NT+4th c.BC+]; συνευδοκέοντος τοῦ δεῖνα, in forms of sale, [Refs]

2. with dative of things, consent or agree to a thing, [LXX+1st c.BC+]

3. with dative person, agree or sympathize with.., [NT]

II. passive, aorist συνευδοκήθην in signification 1.3, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

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