εὐδοκέω,
εὐδοκῶ; imperfect 1 person plural
εὐδοκοῦμεν (
1 Thessalonians 2:8 (where
WH after
Vat. ἠυδοκουμεν;
Winers Grammar, and
Buttmann, as below)); 1 aorist
εὐδόκησα and (in
Hebrews 10:6,
8,
L T Tr;
1 Corinthians 10:5 L Tr WH;
Romans 15:26,
27 and
1 Thessalonians 3:1 T Tr WH;
Matthew 12:18 T Tr;
Matthew 3:17 T;
Colossians 1:19 L marginal reading)
ἠυδόκησα, cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 456 and 140;
Winers Grammar, 71 (69); (
Buttmann, 34 (30);
Tdf. Proleg., p. 120;
WH's Appendix, p. 162); (from
εὖ aud
δοκέω, cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 370, who treats of the word fully and with his usual learning (cf.
Winers Grammar, 101 (95))); the
Sept. mostly for
רָצָה; among Greek writers used especially by
Polybius,
Diodorus, and
Dionysius Halicarnassus;
1. as in secular authors, followed by an infinitive,
it seems good to one, is one's good pleasure; to think it good, choose, determine, decide:
Luke 12:32;
1 Corinthians 1:21;
Galatians 1:15; once followed by the accusative with an infinitive,
Colossians 1:19 (cf.
Lightfoot;
Winers Grammar, § 64, 3 b.;
Buttmann, § 129, 16); with the included idea of kindness accompanying the decision,
Romans 15:26f;
to do willingly what is signified by the infinitive,
to be ready to, 1 Thessalonians 2:8;
to prefer, choose rather (
A. V. we thought it good),
1 Thessalonians 3:1; Sir. 25:16; more fully
μᾶλλον εὐδοκῶ,
2 Corinthians 5:8.
2. by a usage peculiar to Biblical writers, followed by
ἐν τίνι,
to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, a person or thing (cf.
Winers Grammar, 38, 232 (218);
Buttmann, 185 (160)):
Matthew 3:17;
Matthew 12:18 Tr;
Matthew 17:5;
Mark 1:11;
Luke 3:22 (on the tense in the preceding passage cf.
Winers Grammar, 278 (261);
Buttmann, 198 (171));
1 Corinthians 10:5;
2 Corinthians 12:10;
2 Thessalonians 2:12 R G L brackets;
Hebrews 10:38 (
בְּ חָפֵץ,
2 Samuel 22:20;
Malachi 2:17;
בְּ רָצָה,
Psalm 149:4). followed by
εἰς τινα (i. e. when directing the mind, turning the thoughts,
unto),
to be favorably inclined toward one (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 31, 5;
Buttmann, § 133, 23):
Matthew 12:18 R G;
2 Peter 1:17; with a simple accusative of person to be favorable to, take pleasure in (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 222 (209)):
Matthew 12:18 L T WH; with the accusative of the thing:
Hebrews 10:6,
8 (
Psalm 50:18,
21 (
Ps. 51:18,21);
Psalm 84:2 (
Ps. 85:2);
Genesis 33:10;
Leviticus 26:34,
41); as in Greek writings also, with the dative of the person or thing with which one is well pleased:
2 Thessalonians 2:12 T Tr WH (see above); 1 Macc. 1:43; 1 Esdr. 4:39. (Compare:
συνευδοκέω.)
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