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Strong's #2100 - εὐαρεστέω

Transliteration
euarestéō
Phonetics
yoo-ar-es-teh'-o
Origin
from (G2101)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
1:456,77
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to be well pleasing
  2. to be well pleased with a thing
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1980 ‑ הָלַךְ (haw‑lak');  7451 ‑ רַע (rah, raw‑aw');  8334 ‑ שָׁרַת (shaw‑rath');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

εὐᾰρεστ-έω,

I

1. to be well pleasing, τῷ Κοινῷ τῶν Δελφῶν SIG 611.19 (ii B.C.), cf. LXX Genesis 5:22, al., D.S. 14.4: abs., Ph. 1.102; εὐαρέστησεν it seemed good, it was resolved, IG 14.757.8 (Naples, i A.D.): Pass., to be well pleased, satisfied, τινι with a thing, Ph. Bel. 55.23; τῇ νήσῳ, τῇ ἡγεμονίᾳ, D.S. 3.55, 20.79; θυσίαις Hebrews 13:16.

2. Medic., in Pass., to be benefited, get relief, of patients, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.72,79.

II intr., = Pass., Lysipp. 7, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1 Praef., D.H. 11.60, Hierocl. in CA 11p.442M.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

εὐαρεστέω, ἐυαρέστω: 1 aorist infinitive εὐαρεστῆσαι; perfect infinitive εὐηρεστηκέναι, and without augment εὐαρεστηκέναι Hebrews 11:5 L WH (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 162; Buttmann, 35 (30)); to be well-pleasing: τῷ Θεῷ (the Sept. for אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים הִתְהַלֵּך, Genesis 5:22, 24; Genesis 6:9), Hebrews 11:5f. (Sir. 44:16; Philo de Abr. § 6; de exsecr. § 9; τίνι, Diodorus 14, 4). Passive present ἐυαρεστοῦμαι; τίνι (Buttmann, 188 (163); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.), to be well pleased with a thing: Hebrews 13:16 (Diodorus 3, 55; 20, 79; (Diogenes Laërtius 10, 137).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

εὐαρεοτέω , - ,

[in LXX chiefly for H1980 hith., Genesis 5:22; Genesis 5:24, Psalms 26:2; Psalms 56:13, al., Sirach 44:16;]

to be well pleasing: τ . θεῷ (LXX, ll. c.), Hebrews 11:5-6. Pass., to be well pleased: c. dat., Hebrews 13:16.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This verb, which in the NT is confined to Heb, is found, if we can trust the restoration, in the marriage contract P Oxy II. 265.48 (A.D. 81–95) καὶ εὐαρ [εστοῦμαι ? τοῦ προγεγρα ]μμέν [ο ]υ μου ἀνδρός. Cf. the double compound in Michel 1001i. 4 (c. B.C. 200) συνευαρεστούσας καὶ τᾶς θυγατρὸς Ἐπιτελείας τᾶς Φοίνικος.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
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List of Word Forms
ευαρέστει ευαρεστειται ευαρεστείται εὐαρεστεῖται ευαρεστηκεναι εὐαρεστηκέναι ευαρεστησαι ευαρεστήσαι εὐαρεστῆσαι ευαρεστήσω ευηρεστηκέναι ευηρέστησα ευηρέστησαν ευηρέστησε ευηρέστησεν ευηρέστουν euaresteitai euaresteîtai euarestekenai euarestekénai euarestēkenai euarestēkénai euarestesai euarestêsai euarestēsai euarestē̂sai
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