εὐδοκέω

eudokeō
to delight
Strong’s G2106Verb21 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

i am well pleased3
was pleased3
i was well pleased1
has found delight1
took delight1
were pleased1
they were pleased1
was well pleased1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

εὐ-δοκέω, -ῶ
(on the derivation, see EL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה, also for אָבָה, חָפֵץ, etc. ;]
1. with inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so frequently in π. in legal docu­ments; Milligan, Th., 22 f.): Luk.12:32, Rom.15:26-27, 1Co.1:21, Gal.1:15, Col.1:19, R, mg. (ICC, in l, but see infr.), 1Th.2:8 3:1; μᾶλλον εὐ., 2Co.5:8; with accusative and inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), Col, l.with, R, txt. (Lft., in l).
2. to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing;
(a) with dative (Polyb., al.; 1Ma.1:43, I Est.4:39): 2Th.2:12;
(b) as frequently in LXX,
α with accusative: Mat.12:13, Heb.10:5, 8" (LXX) ;
β before ἐν (cf. Heb. בּ רָצָה, Psa.149:4): Mat.3:17 17:5, Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22 (on the tense, see M, Pr., 134 f.; DCG, i,308 b), 1Co.10:5, 2Co.12:10, Heb.10:38" (LXX) ;
(with) before εἰς: 2Pe.1:17. (cf. συν-ευδοκέω, and see Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes, 48 f.; DCG, i, 355a.)†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.