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Word

εὖ

eû · G2095 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. good, beneficial

    That which is good in the sense of beneficial

    Examples

    Mark 14:7 “For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

    Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from acts of sexual immorality; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

  2. fine, well, good, excellent, well done

    Pertaining to events which measure up to their intended purpose

    Examples

    Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

    Matthew 25:23 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

    Ephesians 6:3 SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.

How it’s used In 1 role

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2 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
יָטַב yâṭab · H3190 · to tend, to adorn, to improve
εὖ (eû, G2095) functions as the Greek adverbial equivalent of the stative/dynamic Hebrew verb יָטַב (yâṭab, H3190), rendering its sense of 'doing well' or 'being in a good state' into Greek adverbial constructions; the morphological category shift (Hebrew verb to Greek adverb) reflects standard translation technique when Hebrew expresses 'well-doing' verbally while Greek prefers the adverbial modifier.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Fine, well, good, excellent, well done65.23
In Matthew 25:21, the master tells the faithful servant, “Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things,” an exclamation of approval.
Good, beneficial88.6
In Ephesians 6:3, the commandment to honor one's parents is called the first with a promise, “SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH,” naming a beneficial outcome.
Word family 1 word

This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.

συνευωχέω syneuōchéō · G4910 · to feast together · 2×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb (properly, εὖ, the unused neuter of the adjective ἐΰς in Homer), well: εὖ πράσσω,…
adverb (properly, εὖ, the unused neuter of the adjective ἐΰς in Homer), well: εὖ πράσσω, not as many interpreters take it, contrary to ordinary Greek usage, to do well i. e. act rightly (which in Greek is expressed by ὀρθῶς or καλῶς πράσσω), but to be well off, fare well, prosper, Acts 15:29 (R. V. it shall be well with you) (Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; 2, 4, 6; 4, 2, 26; oec. 11, 8; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 1; ὅστις καλῶς πραττει, οὐχί καί εὖ πραττει; Plato, Alc. i., p. 116 b.; εἰ εὖ πραττουσι ἀδικουντες, Prot., p. 333 d.; εἰ τίς ἄλλος εὖ μέν ἐποίησεν ὑμᾶς εὖ πράττων, Demosthenes 469, 14; and some began their letters with εὖ πράττειν, cf. 2 Macc. 9:19; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 61 and Menagius (Menage) in the place cited. In one passage alone, Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 14, the drift of the discussion permits Socrates to deviate from common usage by attaching to the phrase the notion of right conduct, acting well; (yet this sense occurs in ecclesiastical Greek, see e. g. Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 28 and Otto's note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word πράσσω, IV.)); ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται that it may be well, things may turn out well, with thee, Eph 6:3 (Gen 12:13; (Ex 20:12); Deut 4:40; (Deut 4:16); Orat. Az. (i. e. Song of the Three Children) verse Prayer of Azariah 1:6>); εὖ ποιεῖν τινα, to do one good, Mk 14:7 (here T omits the accusative; L Tr WH read the dative) (Judith 10:16; Baruch 6:37 (38) (i. e. Epistle Jer.); Sir. 14:11; Xenophon, Cyril 1., 6, 30). In commendations, εὖ (δοῦλε ἀγαθέ), "Well! Well done!" Mt 25:21, Mt 25:23; Lk 19:17 R G; Xenophon, venat. 6, 20; see εὖγε.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Good, Bad8 occurrencesGoodness2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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