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εὐδοκία

eudokía · G2107 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. what pleases

    That which pleases someone

    Examples

    Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among people with whom He is pleased.”

    Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    Ephesians 1:9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him,

  2. desire, what is wished for

    (Derivative of εὐδοκέω ‘to prefer,’) That which is desired on the basis of its appearing to be beneficial

    Examples

    Romans 10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

    Philippians 1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from goodwill;

    2 Thessalonians 1:11 To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will consider you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power,

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 3 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 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
רָצוֹן râtsôwn · H7522 · acceptance, favor
Greek εὐδοκία and Hebrew רָצוֹן both denote divine favor, good pleasure, or satisfaction—εὐδοκία emphasizes the subjective delight or objective kindness/purpose aspect, while רָצוֹן encompasses acceptable favor, desire, and voluntary will, making them direct translation equivalents across the LXX rendering tradition.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Desire, what is wished for25.8
In Romans 10:1, Paul writes, “my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation,” naming what he longs for and wishes to see.
What pleases25.88
In Luke 2:14, the angels praise God: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among people with whom He is pleased,” naming what pleases God.
Word family 19 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

δοκέω dokéō · G1380 · to suppose, to presume, to assume · 62×δόξα dóxa · G1391 · glory, splendor, brightness · 166×δοξάζω doxázō · G1392 · to praise, to glorify, praise · 61×δοκιμάζω dokimázō · G1381 · to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of · 23×εὐδοκέω eudokéō · G2106 · to be pleased with, to take pleasure in, to enjoy · 21×ἀποδοκιμάζω apodokimázō · G593 · to regard as not worthy, to reject · 9×εὐδοκίαeudokía · G2107ἀδόκιμος adókimos · G96 · not fitting, what should not be done, bad · 8×δοκιμή dokimḗ · G1382 · to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of · 7×δόκιμος dókimos · G1384 · considered good, regarded as worthy, genuine · 7×συνευδοκέω syneudokéō · G4909 · to agree to, to consent to · 6×δόγμα dógma · G1378 · law, ordinance, rule · 5×ἔνδοξος éndoxos · G1741 · glorious, splendid, wonderful · 4×ἀποκαραδοκία apokaradokía · G603 · what one eagerly expects, eager expectancy, eager desire · 2×δοκίμιον dokímion · G1383 · to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of · 2×ἐνδοξάζω endoxázō · G1740 · to receive honor, to be honored · 2×δογματίζω dogmatízō · G1379 · to obey rules · 1×παράδοξος parádoxos · G3861 · difficult to believe, unusual, incredible · 1×συνδοξάζω syndoxázō · G4888 · to be honored together with, to be exalted together with · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐδοκίας, ἡ (from εὐδοκέω, as εὐλογία from εὐλογέω), unknown to secular authors (Boeckh,…
εὐδοκίας, ἡ (from εὐδοκέω, as εὐλογία from εὐλογέω), unknown to secular authors (Boeckh, Inscriptions 5960), found in the O. T. in some of the Psalms (for רָצון) and often in Sir.; on it cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 371f; (especially Lightfoot on Phm 1:15); properly,beneplacitum (Vulg. (edited by Clement.) Eph 1:9);
1. will, choice: Mt 11:26; Lk 10:21 (on both passages see ἔμπροσθεν, 2 b.); Sir. 1:27 (Sir 1:24); Sirach 36:13>, etc.; in particular, good-will, kindly intent, benevolence: Eph 1:5, Eph 1:9; Phm 2:13 (Ps 50:20 (Ps. 51:20>); Sir. 2:16 Sir. 11:17 (Sir 11:15) etc.); δἰ εὐδοκίαν, prompted by good will, Phm 1:15.
2. delight, pleasure, satisfaction: with the genitive of the thing that pleases, 2 Thess 1:11; ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, either among men pleasure produced by salvation, or God's pleasure in men, Lk 2:14 R G Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; ἄνθρωποι εὐδοκίας, men in whom God is well pleased (i. e. not a particular class of men (viz. believers), but the whole race, contemplated as blessed in Christ's birth), Lk 2:14. L T Tr text WH text (see WH's Appendix at the passage; Field, Otium Norv. iii. at the passage) (Psalm 144:16; Sir. 9:12).
3. desire (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it): Rom 10:1; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Desire, Want, Wish3 occurrencesAcceptable To, To Be Pleased With6 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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