2107. eudokia
Strong's Lexicon
eudokia: Goodwill, pleasure, favor, desire, delight

Original Word: εὐδοκία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: eudokia
Pronunciation: yoo-dok-ee'-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-dok-ee'-ah)
Definition: Goodwill, pleasure, favor, desire, delight
Meaning: (a) good-will (good-pleasure), favor, feeling of complacency of God to man, (b) good-pleasure, satisfaction, happiness, delight of men.

Word Origin: From the Greek words εὖ (eu, meaning "well" or "good") and δοκέω (dokeō, meaning "to think" or "to seem")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7522 רָצוֹן (ratson): Often translated as "favor" or "pleasure," this Hebrew word shares a similar semantic range with eudokia, emphasizing God's favorable disposition and delight.

Usage: Eudokia primarily conveys the sense of goodwill, favor, or pleasure. It is often used to describe God's benevolent intention or delight towards humanity. In the New Testament, it reflects the divine favor and gracious will of God, as well as the pleasure or desire of individuals in alignment with God's purposes.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of goodwill or favor was significant in both personal relationships and political contexts. Favor from a deity or a ruler was highly sought after, as it was believed to bring blessings and prosperity. In the Jewish context, the idea of God's favor was deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people, Israel. The New Testament usage of eudokia reflects this understanding, emphasizing God's gracious initiative in salvation history.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2107 eudokía – properly, what seems good or beneficial to someone; "good pleasure." See 2106 (eudokeō).

God's good pleasure (2107 /eudokía) requires something is done through His work of inbirthing faith.

2 Thes 1:11: "for which [glorification, cf. 1:10], indeed each time we pray about (peri) you – for the purpose (hina) that our God may deem you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill every good-pleasure (2107 /eudokía, of God) that comes from (His) goodness and (His) work of faith (4102 /pístis), in (His) ability."

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from eudokeó
Definition
good pleasure
NASB Translation
desire (2), good pleasure (1), good will (1), kind intention (2), pleased (1), well-pleasing (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2107: εὐδοκία

εὐδοκία, εὐδοκίας, (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 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 (); , etc.; in particular, good-will, kindly intent, benevolence: Ephesians 1:5, 9; Philippians 2:13 (Psalm 50:20 (); Sir. 2:16 Sir. 11:17 () 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 (viz. 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 (); 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
delight, good pleasure

From a presumed compound of eu and the base of dokeo; satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose -- desire, good pleasure (will), X seem good.

see GREEK eu

see GREEK dokeo

Forms and Transliterations
ευδοκια ευδοκία εὐδοκία ευδοκίαις ευδοκιαν ευδοκίαν εὐδοκίαν ευδοκιας ευδοκίας εὐδοκίας ευδοκιμούν ευεκτείν εύελπις eudokia eudokía eudokian eudokían eudokias eudokías
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 11:26 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν
NAS: for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
KJV: so it seemed good in thy sight.
INT: for thus well-pleasing it was before

Luke 2:14 N-GFS
GRK: ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας
NAS: among men with whom He is pleased.
KJV: earth peace, good will toward men.
INT: among men with whom he is pleased

Luke 10:21 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν
NAS: for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
KJV: so it seemed good in thy
INT: for thus well-pleasing was it before

Romans 10:1 N-NFS
GRK: ἡ μὲν εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς
NAS: my heart's desire and my prayer
KJV: my heart's desire and prayer
INT: the indeed good pleasure of the my

Ephesians 1:5 N-AFS
GRK: κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος
NAS: according to the kind intention of His will,
KJV: according to the good pleasure of his
INT: according to the good pleasure of the will

Ephesians 1:9 N-AFS
GRK: κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ ἣν
NAS: of His will, according to His kind intention which
KJV: his good pleasure which
INT: according to the pleasure of him which

Philippians 1:15 N-AFS
GRK: καὶ δι' εὐδοκίαν τὸν χριστὸν
NAS: but some also from good will;
KJV: also of good will:
INT: also from good-will Christ

Philippians 2:13 N-GFS
GRK: ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας
NAS: and to work for [His] good pleasure.
KJV: to do of [his] good pleasure.
INT: according to the good pleasure

2 Thessalonians 1:11 N-AFS
GRK: πληρώσῃ πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν ἀγαθωσύνης καὶ
NAS: every desire for goodness
KJV: all the good pleasure of [his] goodness,
INT: might fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and

Strong's Greek 2107
9 Occurrences


εὐδοκία — 3 Occ.
εὐδοκίαν — 4 Occ.
εὐδοκίας — 2 Occ.

















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