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Strong's G2106 · Greek

εὐδοκέω

eudokeo · yoo-dok-eh'-o

from 2095 and 1380; to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

εὐ-δοκέω (G2106)

21 † εὐ-δοκέω , -ῶ (on the derivation, v. BL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה , also for אָבָה , חָפֵץ , etc. ;] c. inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so freq. in π. in legal docu­ments; Milligan, Th. , 22 f.): Lk 12:32 , Ro 15:26-27 , I Co 1:21 , Ga 1:15 , Col 1:19 , R, mg. ( ICC , in l., but v. infr.), I Th 2:8 3:1 ; μᾶλλον εὐ. , II Co 5:8 ; c. acc et inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), Col, l.c. , R, txt. (Lft., in l). to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing; c. dat. (Polyb., al.; I Mac 1:43 , I Es 4:39 ): II Th 2:12 ; as freq. in LXX, c. acc: Mt 12:13 , He 10:5 , 8 (LXX) ; seq. ἐν (cf. Heb. רָצָה בְּ , Ps 149:4 ): Mt 3:17 17:5 , Mk 1:11 , Lk 3:22 (on the tense, v. M, Pr. , 134 f.; DCG , i,308 b), I Co 10:5 , II Co 12:10 , He 10:38 (LXX) ; seq. εἰς : II Pe 1:17 . (cf. συν-ευδοκέω , and v. Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes , 48 f.; DCG , i, 355 a .)†

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