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Strong's #2174 - εὐψυχέω
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- to be of good courage, to be of a cheerful spirit
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εὐψῡχ-έω,
I to be of good courage, Philippians 2:19, J. AJ 11.6.9, BGU 1097.15 (i A.D.), Poll. 3.135.
II
1. εὐψύχει farewell ! a common inscr. on tombs, IG 12(2).393 (Mytilene), etc.
2. εὐψυχεῖν, = χαίρειν, in a letter of condolence, POxy. 115.1 (ii A.D.).
εὐψυχέω, εὐψυχῶ; (εὔψυχος); to be of good courage, to be of a cheerful spirit: Philippians 2:19. (Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 9; (Pollux 3, 28 § 135 at the end); in epitaphs, ἐυψυχει! equivalent to Latinhave pia anima!)
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*† εὐψυχέω , -ῶ
(< εὔψυχος , courageous),
to be of good courage: Philippians 2:19.†
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The force of this rare verb, as in Philippians 2:19, comes out well in a letter from a wife to her husband, BGU IV. 1097.15 (time of Claudius or Nero) ἐ ]γὼ γὰρ οὐ co ovligwrw/( avlla. euvyucο ̣ῦσα πα [ρα ]μένω. It is found, instead of the usual χαίρειν, in the salutation of a letter of condolence, P Oxy I. 115.1 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 96) Εἰρήνη Ταοννώφρει καὶ Φίλωνι εὐψυχεῖν. See also Hermas Vis. i. iii 2 σὺ μόνον μὴ ῥᾳθυμήσῃς, ἀλλὰ εὐψύχει καὶ ἰσχυροποίει σου τὸν οἶκον. Εὐψύχει is very common in sepulchral inscrr., as Preisigke 46 Νίγερ μαχαιροφόρος, εὐψύχι, (ἐτῶν) ξ ̄. For the subst. see Syll 686.30 (ii/A.D.) ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δὲ καὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ εὐψυχίας ἦλθεν.
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