εὐπρόσεδρος
euprósedros · G2145 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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devoted to, devoted service of, devotion
Devoted service to God
Examples1 Corinthians 7:35 I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 1
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 1 word
- προσκαρτερέω proskarteréō · G4342 · to devote oneself to, to keep on, to persist in
- προσκαρτερέω is a verbal form expressing persistent devotion or steadfast attendance to something (especially prayer or service), while εὐπρόσεδρος is an adjective describing the quality of assiduous, devoted service or constant attention; both convey the idea of unwavering dedication without distraction.
Contrasting words 1 word
- περισπάω perispáō · G4049 · to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious
- περισπάω means to be distracted or pulled away in different directions (used of Martha being 'distracted' in Luke 10:40), while εὐπρόσεδρος describes undistracted, devoted attention or service; these are lexical opposites in the dimension of focused versus divided attention.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Devoted to, devoted service of, devotion53.68
- In 1 Corinthians 7:35, Paul writes this counsel is “to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord,” naming devoted attention given to the Lord.
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐπρόσεδρον (εὖ, and πρόσεδρος (sitting near)), see εὐπάρεδρος.
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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