Word

εὐπορέω

euporéō · G2141 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to have plenty, to be rich, to be well off

    To be financially well off

    Examples

    Acts 11:29 And to the extent that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brothers and sisters living in Judea.

How it’s used In 1 role

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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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Near synonyms 2 words
πλουτέω ploutéō · G4147 · to be rich, to be wealthy, well-todo
Greek verb denoting the state of being wealthy or having abundance; the most common NT term for being rich, covering the same semantic space as εὐπορέω (financial prosperity)
περισσεύω perisseúō · G4052 · to abound, to be in abundance, to be a lot of
Greek verb denoting having more than enough or abundance; can be used of material prosperity and having sufficient means
Contrasting words 1 word
πτωχεύω ptōcheúō · G4433 · to become poor
Greek verb denoting the state of being poor or lacking material resources, the opposite condition to having pecuniary means
In the other Testament 1 word
עָשַׁר ʻâshar · H6238 · to be rich, to become rich, to pretend to be rich
Hebrew verb denoting the state of being wealthy or having abundance, the standard translation equivalent for the concept of possessing financial means
Semantic domains 1 entry
To have plenty, to be rich, to be well off57.27
In Acts 11:29, the disciples in Antioch determined to help those in Judea, “to the extent that any of the disciples had means,” using this verb for having ample resources.
Word family 7 words
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and (especially in later Greek) middle ἐυπορέομαι, ἐυποροῦμαι: imperfect 3 person…
and (especially in later Greek) middle ἐυπορέομαι, ἐυποροῦμαι: imperfect 3 person singular ηὐπορεῖτό (R G) and εὐπορέω (L T Tr WH; for references see εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); (εὔπορος, well off); to be well off, have means: Acts 11:29 (A. V. according to his ability). (Lev 25:26, Lev 25:28, Lev 25:49; often in the classics.)

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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