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Strong's #2142 - εὐπορία
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- riches, means, wealth
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εὐπορ-ία, ἡ,
(εὔπορος)
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1. ease, facility, of doing a thing, c. inf., Emp. 100.5; ναῦς εὐ. ἦν ποιεῖσθαι Th. 4.52: abs., ὅτε πολλὴ ὑμῖν εὐ. φαίνεται X. An. 7.6.37: c. gen. rei, easy means of providing, τοῦ βίου Pl. Prt. 321e; τοῦ καθ' ἡμέραν Th. 3.82; also εὐ. ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ, ἐκ τῆς τέχνης, Lys. 24.5; εὐ. τῆς τύχης Th. 3.45; εὐπορίαν τῇ βδελυρίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς συμμάχους ποιεῖσθαι to make them a means of satisfying his brutal passions, Aeschin. 1.107; ἡ παρ' ἀλλήλων εὐ. mutual assistance, Isoc. 6.67.
2. plenty, abundance, opp. πενίη, Democr. 101; χρημάτων X. HG 4.8.28; ἀγαθῶν Arist. Metaph. 1091b26; ἡ περὶ τὸν βίον εὐ. Isoc. 12.7; ἡ περὶ τὴν οὐσίαν εὐ. Arist. Pol. 1326b34: abs., welfare, X. Cyr. 3.3.7; opp. ἀπορία, Arist. Pol. 1279b27: in pl., advantages, Isoc. 15.253, D. 5.8; εὐπορίαι προσόδων Arist. Pol. 1293a3; ἀρουραίη εὐ. rustic wealth, AP 9.373.6; μιῆς ὄϊος καὶ βοὸς εὐ. consisting of one sheep or ox, ib.149 (Antip.); ἡ Εὐ. θεά SIG 1111 (Piraeus, iii A.D.).
II opp. ἀπορία, solution of doubts or difficulties, Pl. Phlb. 15c; opp. ἀμηχανία, X. Oec. 9.1; ἡ ὕστερον εὐ. λύσις τῶν πρότερον ἀπορουμένων Arist. Metaph. 995a29; resourcefulness, Hp. Off. 7.
εὐπορία, ἐυποριας, ἡ (εὔπορος, see the preceding word), riches, means, wealth: Acts 19:25. (Xenophon, Plato, others; in different senses in different authors.)
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εὐ -πορία , -ας , ἡ
(< εὔπορος ),
[in LXX for H2428, 2 Kings 25:10 A (freq. in Aq.)*;]
1. facility.
2. plenty, wealth: Acts 19:25.†
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With the last citation s.v. εὐπορέω cf. P Grenf II. 72.10 (A.D. 290–304) εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶ, ἐξέσται σοι χρήσασθαι κατὰ παντοίας μου εὐπορείας, and see P Oxy I. 71 i. 17 (A.D. 303) οὐδεμία δέ μοι ἑτέρα εὐπορία ἐστὶν ἢ τὰ χρήματα ταῦτα, ";I have no other resources than this money in question"; (Edd.). The adj. is common especially along with ἐπιτήδειος to denote a person ";rich and capable"; of undertaking some duty laid upon him, as in P Oxy IX. 1187.11 (A.D. 254) ὃν ἐὰν αἱρῶνται φύλαρχον ὄ [ν ]τα εὔπορον καὶ ἐπιτήδειον, P Cairo Preis 18.9 (A.D. 339) ὄντ ̣[α ]ς ̣ εὐπόρους κ ̣[αὶ ] ἐ ̣πιτηδίους δυναμένους ἐκτελέσαι τὴν τὴν (om.) ἐ ̣νχειρισθεῖσαν ̣ αὐτ [οῖς ] λε ̣ιτουργείαν, al.
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