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Lexicon :: Strong's G2107 - eudokia

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εὐδοκία
Transliteration
eudokia (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-dok-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed compound of εὖ (G2095) and the base of δοκέω (G1380)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:742,273

Strong’s Definitions

εὐδοκία eudokía, yoo-dok-ee'-ah; from a presumed compound of G2095 and the base of G1380; satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose:—desire, good pleasure (will), × seem good.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2107 in the following manner: good pleasure (4x), good will (2x), seem good (with G1096) (2x), desire (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2107 in the following manner: good pleasure (4x), good will (2x), seem good (with G1096) (2x), desire (1x).

  1. will, choice

    1. good will, kindly intent, benevolence

  2. delight, pleasure, satisfaction

  3. desire

    1. for delight in any absent thing easily produces longing for it

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐδοκία eudokía, yoo-dok-ee'-ah; from a presumed compound of G2095 and the base of G1380; satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose:—desire, good pleasure (will), × seem good.
STRONGS G2107:
εὐδοκία, -ας, ἡ, (from εὐδοκέω, as εὐλογία from εὐλογέω), unknown to secular authors [Boeckh, Inscriptions 5960], found in the O. T. in some of the Psalms (for רָצון) and often in Sir.; on it cf. Fritzsche on Romans ii., p. 371f; [especially Bp. Lightfoot on Philippians 1:15]; properly beneplacitum (Vulg. [edited by Clement.] Ephesians 1:9);
1. will, choice: Matthew 11:26; Luke 10:21, (on both passages see ἔμπροσθεν, 2 b.); Sir. 1:27 (Sir. 1:24); Sir. 36:13, etc.; in particular, good-will, kindly intent, benevolence: Ephesians 1:5, 9; Philippians 2:13, (Psalm 50:20 (Ps. 51:20); Sir. 2:16; Sir. 11:17 (Sir. 11:15) etc.); δἰ εὐδοκίαν, prompted by good will, Philippians 1:15.
2. delight, pleasure, satisfaction: with the genitive of the thing that pleases, 2 Thessalonians 1:11; ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, either among men pleasure produced by salvation, or God's pleasure in men, Luke 2:14 R G Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; ἄνθρωποι εὐδοκίας, men in whom God is well pleased [i. e. not a particular class of men (namely, believers), but the whole race, contemplated as blessed in Christ's birth], Luke 2:14. L T Tr text WH text [see WH's Appendix at the passage; Field, Otium Norv. iii. at the passage], (Psalm 144:16 (Ps. 145:16); Sir. 9:12).
3. desire (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it): Romans 10:1; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
50:20; 145:16
Matthew
11:26
Luke
2:14; 2:14; 10:21
Romans
10:1
Ephesians
1:5; 1:9; 1:9
Philippians
1:15; 1:15; 2:13
2 Thessalonians
1:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2107 matches the Greek εὐδοκία (eudokia),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - ut notum faceret nobis sacramentum voluntatis suae secundum bonum placitum eius quod proposuit in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:15 - quidam quidem et propter invidiam et contentionem quidam autem et propter bonam voluntatem Christum praedicant

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:13 - Deus est enim qui operatur in vobis et velle et perficere pro bona voluntate

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