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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