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Strong's #2169 - εὐχαριστία
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εὐχᾰριστ-ία, ἡ,
1. thankfulness, gratitude, Decr. ap. D. 18.91, Stoic. 3.67, Phld. Ir. p.93 W.; τοῦ δήμου OGI 227.6 (Didyma, iii B.C.); πρός τινα D.S. 17.59, PLond. 3.1178.25 (ii A.D.); πρὸς τὸν θεόν Plb. 1.36.1; ἀπόντι μᾶλλον εὐ. ποίει Men. 693.
2. giving of thanks, εἰς εὐ. θεοῦ SIG 798.5 (Cyzicus, i A.D.), cf. Ph. 1.60, LXX Wi. 16.28, Corp.Herm. 1.29, etc.: pl., ποιεῖσθαι -ίας 1 Timothy 2:1.
εὐχαριστία, εὐχαριστίας, ἡ (εὐχάριστος, which see);
1. thankfulness: decree of the Byzantines in Demosthenes, p. 256, 19; Polybius 8, 14, 8; Additions to Esther 6:4
2. the giving of thanks: Acts 24:3; for God's blessings, 1 Corinthians 14:16; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Ephesians 5:4 (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:18); Philippians 4:6; Colossians 2:7; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 7:12; with the dative of the person to whom thanks are given: τῷ Θεῷ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 3; (Buttmann, 180 (156)); Kühner, § 424, 1), 2 Corinthians 9:11 (τοῦ Θεοῦ, Wis. 16:28); in plural, 2 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Timothy 2:1.
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** εὐχαριστία , -ας , ἡ
(< εὐχάριστος ),
[in LXX: Ezra 8:13, Wisdom of Solomon 16:28, Sirach 37:11, 2 Maccabees 2:27*;]
1. thankfulness, gratitude (Polyb.; Es, Sir, 2Mac, ll. c.): Acts 24:3.
2. giving of thanks, thanksgiving (so in Papyri and Inscr.; M, Th., 41 f.): 1 Corinthians 14:16, 2 Corinthians 4:15, Ephesians 5:4, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 2:7; Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 Timothy 4:3-4, Revelation 4:9; Revelation 7:12; c. dat. pers., 2 Corinthians 9:11 (cf. τ . θεοῦ , Wis, l.c.); pl., 2 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Timothy 2:1 (Cremer, 904).†
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For this subst. we can cite only one ex. from the papyri, P Lond 1178.25 (A.D. 194) (= III. p. 216) τῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εὐχαριστίας, in the copy of a letter written by the Emperor Claudius to a Gymnastic Club expressing his gratification at games performed in his honour. It is, however, common in the inscrr., e.g. OGIS 227.6 (iii/B.C.) διὰ τὴν τοῦ δήμου εὐχαριστίαν Syll 365..5 (c. A.D. 37) εἰς εὐχαριστίαν τηλικούτου θεοῦ εὑρεῖν ἴσας ἀμοιβάς, and OGIS 199.31 (i/A.D.) δι᾽ ἣν ἔχω πρὸς τὸν μέγιστον θεόν μου Ἄρην εὐχαριστίαν, where the editor notes that εὐχαριστία = τὸ εὐχάριστον εἶναι, and that as the adj. denotes ";non modo grati animi hominem . . sed etiam gratiosum, acceptum,"; the meaning almost amounts to ";quia deus mihi favet."; On the Christian use of εὐχαριστία with the corresponding verb see a note by Hort in JTS iii. p. 594 ff. In JHS xxvii. p. 65 we hear of a εὐχαριστήριον to Dionysus. MGr εὐκαρίστησι, ";contentment,"; ";pleasure.";
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