Strong's Lexicon eudokia: Goodwill, pleasure, favor, desire, delight Original Word: εὐδοκία 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 Originfrom 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: εὐδοκίαεὐδοκία, εὐδοκίας, 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 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 ( 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 3. desire (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it): Romans 10:1; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage. 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 Englishman's Concordance Matthew 11:26 N-NFSGRK: 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 Luke 10:21 N-NFS Romans 10:1 N-NFS Ephesians 1:5 N-AFS Ephesians 1:9 N-AFS Philippians 1:15 N-AFS Philippians 2:13 N-GFS 2 Thessalonians 1:11 N-AFS Strong's Greek 2107 |