εὐεργέτης
euergétēs · G2110 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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helper of the people, benefactor
(Derivative of εὐεργετέω ‘to do good to,’) A person who provides important help or assistance, often occurring as a title for princes or distinguished persons
ExamplesLuke 22:25 And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐξουσιάζωto rule 1
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Contrasting words 2 words
- κακοῦργος kakoûrgos · G2557 · wrongdoer, evildoer, bad person
- Direct lexical opposite: one who works evil (κακός + ἔργον) versus one who works good (εὖ + ἔργον), parallel morphological construction with opposite semantic value
- κακοποιός kakopoiós · G2555 · wrongdoer, evildoer, bad person
- Antonym denoting one who does/makes evil (κακός + ποιέω), the opposite of a benefactor who does good; both terms describe agent-actors defined by the moral quality of their deeds
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Helper of the people, benefactor35.15
- In Luke 22:25, Jesus contrasts worldly rule with His disciples, noting that Gentile kings “who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors,'” a title for one who does good for the people.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Αὐεργέτου, ὁ, a benefactor (from Pindar and Herodotus down); it was also a title of…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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