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Lexicon :: Strong's G2137 - euodoō

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εὐοδόω
Transliteration
euodoō (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-od-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of εὖ (G2095) and ὁδός (G3598)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:109,666

Strong’s Definitions

εὐοδόω euodóō, yoo-od-o'-o; from a compound of G2095 and G3598; to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs:—(have a) prosper(-ous journey).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2137 in the following manner: prosper (3x), have a prosperous journey (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2137 in the following manner: prosper (3x), have a prosperous journey (1x).

  1. to grant a prosperous and expeditious journey, to lead by a direct and easy way

  2. to grant a successful issue, to cause to prosper

  3. to prosper, be successful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐοδόω euodóō, yoo-od-o'-o; from a compound of G2095 and G3598; to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs:—(have a) prosper(-ous journey).
STRONGS G2137:
εὐοδόω, -ῶ: [passive, present ἐυοδοῦμαι; future εὐοδωθήσομαι; 1 aorist subjunctive εὐοδώθῇ, 1 Corinthians 16:2 WH marginal reading who regard the εὐοδῶται of the text here as perfect (either indicative or subjunctive) see their Appendix, p. 172]; (εὔοδος); Sept. principally for צָלַח and הִצְלִיחַ; to grant a prosperous and expeditious journey, to lead by a direct and easy way: Genesis 24:48: much more frequent tropically, to grant a successful issue, to cause to prosper: τί, as τὴν ὁδόν τινος, Genesis 24:21, 40; Isaiah 55:11, etc.; τὰ ἔργα τινός, Wis. 11:1; in the passive always tropically, to prosper, be successful: of persons, Joshua 1:8; Proverbs 28:13; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 18:11, etc.; 3 John 1:2; εἴπως εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐλθεῖν if haply I shall be so fortunate as to come, Romans 1:10; of things: 2 Esdr. 5:8; Tobit 4:19; 1 Macc. 3:6, etc.; τῷ Κλεομενεϊ εὐωδώθη τὸ πρῆγμα, Herodotus 6, 73; ὅ, τι ἄν εὐοδῶται [see above, at the beginning] whatever (business) has prospered, i. e. (contextually) its gains, 1 Corinthians 16:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:21; 24:40; 24:48
Joshua
1:8
2 Chronicles
13:12; 18:11
Proverbs
28:13
Isaiah
55:11
Romans
1:10
1 Corinthians
16:2; 16:2
3 John
1:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2137 matches the Greek εὐοδόω (euodoō),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - Then he said, “O LORD God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:21 - And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - And he said, “Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - “But he said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - “And this day I came to the well and said, ‘O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - And he said to them, “Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:3 - And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s[fn] authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - “And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:8 - And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of the LORD our God, let us send out to our brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and their common-lands, that they may gather together to us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:11 - “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the LORD your God, as He has said to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - “Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments with which the LORD charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the LORD and in his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - “Now look, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” And he said, “Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 - So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He also has forsaken you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions[fn] of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel[fn] to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - Also they roasted the Passover offerings with fire according to the ordinance; but the other holy offerings they boiled in pots, in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them quickly among all the lay people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - “O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25 - Save now, I pray, O LORD;
O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 - He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:15 - I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, I have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:11 - So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:37 - Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on your head;
For the LORD has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will not prosper by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:12 - Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.
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