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Lexicon :: Strong's G2106 - eudokeō

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εὐδοκέω
Transliteration
eudokeō (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-dok-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:738,273

Strong’s Definitions

εὐδοκέω eudokéō, yoo-dok-eh'-o; from G2095 and G1380; to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing):—think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G2106 in the following manner: be well pleased (7x), please (5x), have pleasure (4x), be willing (2x), be (one's) good pleasure (1x), take pleasure (1x), think good (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G2106 in the following manner: be well pleased (7x), please (5x), have pleasure (4x), be willing (2x), be (one's) good pleasure (1x), take pleasure (1x), think good (1x).

  1. it seems good to one, is one's good pleasure

    1. think it good, choose, determine, decide

    2. to do willingly

    3. to be ready to, to prefer, choose rather

  2. to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, to be favourably inclined towards one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐδοκέω eudokéō, yoo-dok-eh'-o; from G2095 and G1380; to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing):—think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.
STRONGS G2106:
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
33:10
Leviticus
26:34; 26:41
2 Samuel
22:20
Psalms
50:18; 50:21; 51:18; 84:2; 85:2; 149:4
Malachi
2:17
Matthew
3:17; 3:17; 12:18; 12:18; 12:18; 12:18; 17:5
Mark
1:11
Luke
3:22; 12:32
Romans
15:26; 15:26; 15:27
1 Corinthians
1:21; 10:5; 10:5
2 Corinthians
5:8; 12:10
Galatians
1:15
Colossians
1:19; 1:19
1 Thessalonians
2:8; 2:8; 3:1; 3:1
2 Thessalonians
2:12; 2:12
Hebrews
10:6; 10:6; 10:8; 10:8; 10:38
2 Peter
1:17

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Strong's Number G2106 matches the Greek εὐδοκέω (eudokeō),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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