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εὐδοκία

Goodwill

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εὐδοκία G2107
Pronunciation eudokía

What does εὐδοκία (eudokía) mean in the Bible?

εὐδοκία (eudokía) is a Greek word meaning "goodwill". εὐδοκία, -ας, ἡ (εὐδοκέω, which see), [in LXX: Psa.

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Meaning

goodwill
Extended definition

God's sovereign pleasure and delight in choosing or approving, not mere human preference or satisfaction.

(εὐδοκέω, which see), [in LXX: Psa.5:12, al. (רָצוֹן), frequently in Sir; in Inscr. (I.G., 5960), LXX, and NT = εὐδόκησις (Died.) ;] good pleasure, good-will, satisfaction, approval: Mat.11:26, Luk.10:21, Rom.10:1, Eph.1:5, 9, Php.1:15 2:13; with genitive obj., 2Th.1:11 (see Milligan, in l); ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, Rec., R, mg., WH, mg. (see Field, Notes, 48 f.), Luk.2:14; -ας, Lk, l.with, R, txt., WH, txt. (see ICC, in l; WH, App., in l).

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Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:26 · Luke 10:21 · Rom 10:1 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:14 · Phil 2:13 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Eph 1:5 · Eph 1:9 · Phil 1:15 · 2 Thess 1:11 4×
9 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 10:1-24 good pleasure eudokía Nominative · Singular · Feminine
God's intentional will or purpose in revealing hidden things to the humble
Ephesians 1:3-6 good pleasure eudokía Accusative · Singular · Feminine
God's sovereign will and purpose in predestination and adoption through Christ
Ephesians 1:7-10 good pleasure eudokía Accusative · Singular · Feminine
God's deliberate purpose or counsel regarding redemption and the fullness of times
Proverbs 12:2 favor eudokía
Divine approval and goodwill bestowed upon those who are good
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 2 — The Savior Born, Revealed, Presented, and Growing in Wisdom Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 10 — Christ the End of the Law and the Righteousness Received by Faith

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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