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ένδέχομαι

έν-δέχομαι [in LXX: (עָרַב), II Mac 11:18 * ;]

to admit, approve.

to be possible; impers., ἑνδέχεται, it is possible: c. acc et inf., (Cremer, 687).†

ἔνθενa

** ἔνθεν adv., [in LXX for מׅוּהֶ, מׅסה, etc. ;]

hence: , .†

εκχύννω

**† εκ-χύννω

Hellenistic form of ἐκχέω, q.v. (B1., § 17): , , , , , .†

εκχωρέω

εκ-χωρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: (רוּם ni.), (צָפַר), (בָּרַח), I Es 4:44, 57, I Mac 9:62 * ;]

to depart, withdraw: .†

Εὔα

Εὔα (WH, Εὕα, § 408; Rec. Εὖα; S (in I Ti), Εὕα), -ας, ἡ (Heb. חַוָּה, ),

Eve, wife of Adam: , .†

Εὔβουλος

Εὔβουλος, -ου, ὁ.

Eubulus, a Christian: .†

εὔθετος

εὔ-θετος, -ον (< τίθημι), [in LXX: (מָצָא), Da TH Su 1:15* ;]

ready for use, fit: of things, c. dat., ; seq. εἰς, ; of persons, c. dat., (for rabbinic parallels, v. Dalman, Words, 119 f.).†

εὔθυμος

** εὔ-θυμος, -ον [in LXX: II Mac 11:26 * ;]

kind (Hom.).

of good cheer (Æsch., al.): .†

εὔκαιρος

εὔ-καιρος, -ον [in LXX: (עֵת), II Mac 14:29 15:20, 21, III Mac 4:11 5:44 * ;]

timely, seasonable, suitable (Cremer, 740): ἡμέρα, (or empty, as in Byz. and MGr.; v. MM, Exp., xiv); βοήθεια, .†

εὔκοπος

**† εὔ-κοπος, -ον [in LXX: Si 22:15, I Mac 3:18 * ;]

with easy labour, easy: compar., -ώτερόν ἐστι, c. inf., , , ; c. acc et inf., , , (Polyb.; the adv. -ως occurs in Aristoph., Fr., 615).†

εὔνοια

εὔνοια, -ας, ἡ (< εὔνοος), [in LXX: , al. ;]

goodwill: (of slaves; cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†

εὔσημος

εὔσημος, -ον (< εὖ + οῆμα, a sign) [in LXX for כֶּסֶא, (-ως, )* ;]

conspicuous (cf. ).

clear to the understanding, distinct: .†

εὔσπλαγχνος

** εὔσπλαγχνος, -ον (εὖ, σπλάγχνον, q.v.), [in Pr Ma 7 (Camb. Manual LXX, iii, 825) ;]

in Hippocr., as medical term (LS, s.v.).

Metaph. (cf. εὐσιλαγχνία, Eurip., Rhes., 192), in NT, tenderhearted, compassionate: , .†

Εὔτυχος

Εὔτυχος, -ου, ὁ (εὖ, τυχή),

Eutychus, a young man: .†

εὔφημος

εὔφημος, -ον (εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: ;]

primarily, utter­ing words or sounds of good omen, hence,

avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent.

fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): .†

εὔχομαι

εὔχομαι [in LXX chiefly for נָדַד, also for עָתַר hi., etc. ;]

to pray: c. acc rei, ; c. dat. pers., τ. θεῷ, ; seq. πρὸς τ. θεόν, ; c. acc et inf., , ; seq. ὑπέρ, ; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (on impf. here, v. ICC, in l., Lft., ), (Cremer, 718).†

εὔχρηστος

εὔ-χρηστος, -ον (εὖ, χράομαι), [in LXX: (חֵפֶץ), Wi 13:13 * ;]

useful, serviceable: c. dat. pers., ; id. seq. εἰς, c. dat. rei, ; opp. to ἄχρηστος, .†

εὖ

εὖ adv. (prop. neuter of old Epic ἐΰς, good, noble) [in LXX, εὖ γίγνεσθαι, εὖ ποιεῖν (יָטַב) ;]

well: εὖ γιν., (LXX); εὖ ποιεῖν, c. dat. (cf. Si 12:1-2), to do good, (where Nestle suggests εὐποιεῖν, q.v.); εὖ πράσστειν, to fare well, ; in replies (= εὖγε), good! well done! , (εὖγε, WH, txt.).†

εὖγε

εὖ-γε adv.

in replies, well! good! well done!: (WH for Rec. εὖ, q.v.).†

εὐάρεστος

**† εὐ-άρεστος, -ον [in LXX: Wi 4:10 9:10 * ;]

well-pleasing, acceptable: ; c. dat. pers., , , , ; id. seq. ἐν, (κυρίῳ), ; ἐνώπιον, (for ex. in Inser., v. Deiss., BS, 215).†

εὐώνυμος

εὐώνυμος, -ον (εὖ, ὄνομα), [in LXX chiefly for שְׂמאׄל ;]

of good name or omen

Euphemistic for ἀριστερός, left: , ; ἐξ εὐωνύμων, on the left: , , , .†

εὐαγγέλιον

εὐαγγέλιον, -ου, τό [in LXX for בְּשׂוֹרָה, בְּשׂרָה, * ;]

in cl.,

בְּשׂוֹרָה, a reward for good tidings (Hom.; pl., LXX, );

in pl., εὐ. θύειν, to make a thank-offering for good tidings (Xen., al.).

Later (Luc., Plut., al.), good tidings, good news; in NT of the good tidings of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, the gospel: , , , , , al.; c. gen. obj., τ. βασιλείας, ; τ. Χριστοῦ, , al.; τ. κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ, ; τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, ; τ. δόξης τ. μακαρίου θεοῦ, ; τ. δόξης τ. Χριστοῦ, ; of the author, τ. θεοῦ, , al.; of the teacher, ἡμῶν, , , , ; of the taught, τ. περιτομῆς, τ. ἀκροβυστίας, ; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐ., , ; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις) τοῦ εὐ., , (v. Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th., 143 f.)

εὐαγγελίζω

εὐαγγελίζω [in LXX for בָּשַׂר pi., hith.; for good news in general: , al.; of God's loving kindness, , and esp. of Messianic blessings, , al. ;]

to bring or announce glad tidings;

act. (only in late writers): c. acc pers., ; seq. ἐπί, c. acc pers., ; pass., of things, to be proclaimed as glad tidings: , , ; impers., ; of persons, to have glad tidings proclaimed to one: , , ,

Depon. mid. (cl.), to proclaim glad tidings, in NT esp. of the Christian message of salvation: absol., , , al.; c. dat. pers., (LXX), , al.; in same sense c. acc pers. (not cl.), , , , ; c. acc rei, εἰρήνην, , (LXX); τ, βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, ; c. dat. pers., , ; αὐτῷ τ. Ἰησοῦν, ; c. dupl. acc, ; c. acc pers. et inf., ; τ. κώμας (πολεῖς), , (cf. προ-ευαγγελίζομαι)

εὐαγγελιστής

*† εὐαγγελιστής, -οῦ, ὁ

an evangelist;

in NT, a preacher of the gospel: , , ;

later, a writer of a gospel (eccl.).†

εὐαρέστως

* εὐ-αρέοτως adv.,

acceptably: τ, θεῷ, .†

εὐαρεστέω

εὐαρεστέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ hith., , , , al., Si 44:16 ;]

to be well pleasing: τ. θεῷ (LXX, ll. c.), , . Pass., to be well pleased: c. dat., .†

εὐγενής

εὐγενής, -ές (< εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: (גָּדוֹל), II Mac 10:13 R, IV Mac 6:5 9:13, 23, 27 10:3, 15 * ;]

well born, of noble race: , .

noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, .†

εὐδία

** εὐδία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Si 3:15 * ;] (< εὔδιος, calm)

fair weather: (Rec., R, txt.).†

εὐδοκέω

† εὐ-δοκέω, -ῶ (on the derivation, v. BL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה, also for אָבָה, חָפֵץ, etc. ;]

c. inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so freq. in π. in legal docu­ments; Milligan, Th., 22 f.): , , , , , R, mg. (ICC, in l., but v. infr.), ; μᾶλλον εὐ., ; c. acc et inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), , R, txt. (Lft., in l).

to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing;

c. dat. (Polyb., al.; I Mac 1:43, I Es 4:39): ;

as freq. in LXX,

c. acc: , , (LXX);

seq. ἐν (cf. Heb. רָצָה בְּ, ): , , (on the tense, v. M, Pr., 134 f.; DCG, i,308 b), , , (LXX);

seq. εἰς: . (cf. συν-ευδοκέω, and v. Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes, 48 f.; DCG, i, 355a.)†

εὐδοκία

† εὐδοκία, -ας, ἡ (< εὐδοκέω, q.v.), [in LXX: , al. (רָצוֹן), freq. in Si; in Inscr. (I.G., 5960), LXX, and NT = εὐδόκησις (Diod.) ;]

good pleasure, good-will, satisfaction, approval: , , , , , ; c. gen. obj., (v. Milligan, in l); ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, Rec., R, mg., WH, mg. (v. Field, Notes, 48 f.), ; -ας, , R, txt., WH, txt. (v. ICC, in l; WH, App., in l).†

εὐεργέτης

** εὐεργέτης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: , Wi 19:14, II Mac 4:2, III Mac 3:19 6:24 * ;]

a benefactor: (for contemp. usage, v. Deiss., LAE, 248).†

εὐεργεσία

εὐεργεσία, -ας, ἡ (< εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: (עֲלִילָה), Wi 16:11, 24, II Mac 6:13 9:26, IV Mac 8:17 * ;]

a good deed, kindness, benefit: ; c. gen. pers. (εὐ. πόλεως, Plat., leg., 805b), ,†

εὐεργετέω

εὐεργετέω, -ῶ (< εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: (גָּמַל), Wi 3:5, al. ;]

to do good, bestow benefit: .†

εὐθέως

εὐθέως adv. (< εὐθύς), [in LXX: (פִּתְאֹם), Wi 5:12, I Mac 11:12, al. ;]

straightway, at once, directly: , , (cf. Dalman, Words, 28 f.), , and freq. in Mt, Lk, Jo, Ac (in Mk, εὐθύς), q.v.)

εὐθύμως

* εὐθύμως, adv.,

cheerfully: .†

εὐθύνω

εὐθύνω (< εὐθύς), [in LXX: , (נָטָה hi.), , , (יָשַׁר) , Si 2:2, 6, al. ;]

to direct: .

to make straight: (LXX, ἑτοιμάσατε).†

εὐθύς

εὐθύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]

straight, direct: τρίβοι, , , (LXX); εἰς εὐθειας, (sc. ὁδούς), ; εὐ. ὐδός, fig., , ; as pr. name of a street, .

In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία, (cf. , al.).†

εὐθύς(2)

εὐθύς adv., [in LXX (more freq. than εὐθέως) chiefly for יָשַׁר ;]

= εὐθέως, straightway, directly: , , , , , , and 42 (41) times in Mk.†

εὐθύτης

εὐθύτης, -ητος, ἡ (< εὐθύς), [in LXX chiefly for יֹשֶׁר, מִישׁוֹר and cognate forms ;]

uprightness: (LXX).†

εὐθυδρομέω

*† εὐθυδρομέω, -ῶ

of ships, to run a straight course (Philo): .†

εὐθυμέω

** εὐθυμέω, -ῶ (< ὔθυμος), [in Sm.: , * ;]

trans., to make cheerful (Æsch.).

Intrans. (Eur., Plut.; so mid. in Xen., Plat.), to be of good cheer: , , .†

εὐκαίρως

** εὐκαίρως adv., [in LXX: Si 18:22 * ;]

seasonably, in season: ; opp. to ἀκ- (Kühner3, iv, 346 d), .†

εὐκαιρέω

*† εὐκαιρέω, -ῶ (= cl., εὖ σχολῆς ἔχειν; used by Polyb. and Philo; cf. Rutherford, NPhr. 205; MM, Exp., xiv),

to have leisure or opportunity ; c. inf., ; seq. εἰς, to devote one's leisure to, .†

εὐκαιρία

εὐκαιρία, -ας, ἡ (< εὔκαιρος), [in LXX: (v. Soph., Lex., s.v.) (עֵת), Si 38:24, I Mac 11:42 * ;]

fitting time, opportunity: seq. ἵνα, ; τοῦ, c. inf., .†

εὐλάβεια

εὐλάβεια, -ας, ἡ (< εὐλαβής), [in LXX: (דְּאָגָה), , Wi 17:8 * ;]

caution, discretion (Soph., Plat., al.).

In later Gk. (Diod., Plut., al.), also reverence, godly fear: .†

SYN.: v.s. δειλία (q.v.), φόβος (cf. Cremer, 387 f., 759; DB, ii. 222).

εὐλαβέομαι

εὐλαβέομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX: , (חָסָה), al., for 15 different Heb. words in all; also Si 7:29 41:3, al. ;]

to be cautious, to beware: (Rec.; φοβηθείς, WH, RV).

to reverence: (cf. Cremer, 388).†

εὐλαβής

εὐλαβής, -ές (< εὖ, λαβεῖν), [in LXX: AB2 (חָסִיד); εὐ. ποιεῖν, (נָזַר hi.), Si 11:7 א2* ;]

cautious, circumspect.

devout, religious, reverent: ; δίκαιος καὶ εὐ., .†

εὐλογέω

εὐλογέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for בָּרַךְ pi. ;]

to speak well of, praise (cl.; LXX , al.): τ. θεόν, , (αἰνοῦντες, T, WH, mg.), ; absol., to give praise, (v. Swete on ), (v. Swete, in l.), , .

As in LXX (= בָּרַךְ pi.);

to bless, invoke blessings on (, , al.): absol., , ; c. acc pers., , , , , , , ; εὐλογημένος (= בָּרוּךְ; v. Lft., Notes, 310; DCG, i, 189), blessed, (LXX), , , (LXX), ; c. acc rei, , , ;

with God as subject (, al.), to bless, prosper, bestow blessings on: c. acc pers., , , (Lft., Notes, 311), ; εὐλογημένος, (WH, txt., R, txt., omit) ; εὐλογημένοι τ. πατρός (cf. ), ; pass. (cf. ἐν-, κατ-ευλογέω).†

SYN.: v.s. αἰνέω, and cf. DCG, i, 189, 211; Cremer, 766

εὐλογία

εὐλογία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בְּרָכָה ;]

fair speaking, flattering speech: χρηστολογίας καὶ εὐ., .

praise: of God (as in late Inscr.; LS, s.v.) and Christ, ,

In LXX and NT: blessing, benediction;

the act of blessing: , , ;

concrete, a blessing: , , , , , , (cf. , Si 7:32, al.).†

εὐλογητός

† εὐλογητός, -όν (< εὐλογέω), [in LXX chiefly for בָּרוּךְ ;]

blessed;

of men ( A, , B, , );

of God (Lft., Notes, 310 f.), as chiefly in LXX (, , , al.): , (ICC, in l), , , ; absol., ὁ εὐλογητός (Dalman, Words, 200; JThS, v, 453), (Cremer, 769).†

εὐμετάδοτος

*† εὐ-μετά-δοτος, -ον (< εὖ, μεταδιδωμι),

ready to impart: assoc. with κοινωνικός (for the distinction bet. the two, v. Field, Notes, 213; CGT, in l.), .†

Εὐνίκη

Εὐνίκη (Rec. -νείκη), -ης,

Eunice, Timothy's mother: .†

εὐνοέω

εὐ-νοέω, -ῶ (< εὔνοος, friendly), [in LXX: Bא1, , III Mac 7:11 * ;]

to be favourable, kindly disposed: c. dat., .†

εὐνοῦχος

εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν (bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, s.v.), , al., Wi 3:14, Si 20:4 30:20 ;]

an emasculated man, a eunuch: ; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, , , , , ; metaph., of one naturally incapacitated for or volun­tarily abstaining from wedlock, .†

εὐνουχίζω

*† εὐνουχίζω (< εὐνοῦχος),

to make a eunuch of, castrate: pass., ; metaph., εὐ. έαυτόν, †

Εὐοδία

Εὐοδία (Rec. -ωδία), -ας, ἡ

Euodia (not as AV, Euodias), a Christian woman: .†

εὐοδόω

εὐ-οδόω, -ῶ (< ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for צָלַח hi. ;]

to help on one's way (Soph., al.). Pass., to have a prosperous journey; metaph. (Hdt., al.), to prosper, be prospered, be successful: , , (on the tense, v. M, Pr., 54; ICC, in l.).†

εὐπάρεδρος

*† εὐ-πάρ-εδρος, -ον (< εὖ, πάρεδρος, sitting near; cf. Wi 9:4)

constantly attendant or waiting on: τ. κυρίῳ, (Rec. εὐπρόσ-).†

εὐπειθής

** εὐ-πειθής, ές, (< εὖ, πείθομαι), [in LXX: IV Mac 12:6 AR* ;]

ready to obey, compliant: .†

εὐπερίστατος

* εὐ-περί-στατος, -ον (< εὖ, περιΐστημι),

of sins, readily besetting: (on form and sense of the word, v. Westc., in l.).†

εὐποιέω

† εὐ-ποιέω, ῶ, = εὖ ποιέω,

to do good (whence εὐποιία, q.v.): εὐποιῆσαι, B (also B, al.; v. Nestle, in Exp. T., xxiii, 7).†

εὐποιία

*† εὐ-ποιία (Rec. -ιΐα), -ας, ἡ

beneficence, doing good: .

a benefit (FlJ, Ant., ii, 11, 2, al.).†

εὐπορέω

εὐ-πορέω, -ῶ (< εὔτορος, well provided for) [in LXX: , נָשַׂג hi.), (v.l.), Wi 10:10 * ;]

to prosper, be well off: .†

εὐπορία

εὐ-πορία, -ας, ἡ (< εὔπορος), [in LXX for חַיִל, A (freq. in Aq.)* ;]

facility.

plenty, wealth: .†

εὐπρέπεια

εὐ-πρέπεια, -ας, ἡ (< εὐπρεπής, comely), [in LXX for הָדָר, etc. ;]

goodly appearance, comeliness: .†

εὐπρόσδεκτος

† εὐ-πρόσ-δεκτος, -ον (< εὖ, προσδέχομαι)

more usual than δέκτος, q.v., acceptable: , , , .†

εὐπρόσεδρος

*† εὐ-πρόσ-εδρος, -ον

Rec. for εὐπάρεδρος, q.v.: .†

εὐπροσωπέω

**† εὐ-προσωπέω, -ῶ (< εὐπρόσωπος, fair of face), [in Al.: , v.l. for -ίζω* ;]

to look well, make a fair show: metaph. (as in π.; v. Deiss., LAE, 96), .†

εὐρύχωρος

εὐρύ-χωρος, -ον (< εὐρύς, broad + χώρα), [in LXX for רָחַב ni., and cognate forms (, al.), exc. (גֹּרֶן ;]

spacious, broad: .†

Εὐρακύλων

† Εὐρ-ακύλων (Rec. εὐροκλύδων, q.v.), -ωνος (< Εὖρος, the East wind, and Lat. Aquilo; Vg., Euroaquilo),

the Euraquilo, a N.E. wind (i.e. between Eurus and Aquilo): .†

εὐροκλύδων

† εὐρο-κλύδων (G, εὐροκλ-), -ωνος, ὁ (< Εὖρος (v.l. < εὐρύς, broad), κλύδων),

Euroclydon (prob. a sailor's corruption of Εὐρακύλων, q.v.): , Rec,†

εὐσέβεια

εὐ-σέβεια, -ας, ἡ (< εὐσεβής, q.v.), [in LXX: , (יִרְאָה), (aliter in Heb.), (יְהֹוָה יִרְאָה), I Es 1:23, Wi 10:12, Si 49:3, and very freq. in IV Mac ;]

piety, reverence (towards parents and others).

piety towards God, godliness: , , , , , , , ,; τὸ τῆς εὐ. μυστήριον, ; ἡ κατ’ εὐ. διδασκαλία, ; ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ' εὐ., ; μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας, ; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; Mayor on ), (on the use of εὐ. and cognates in Past. Epp., v. CGT, on ; cf. also Cremer, 524).†

εὐσεβέω

** εὐ-σεβέω, -ῶ (< εὐσεβής, q.v.), [in LXX: Da LXX Su 1:64, IV Mac 9:6 אR, IV Mac 11:5, 8, 23 18:2 * ;]

to reverence, show piety towards; c. acc (else­where more freq. seq. εἰς., περί, πρός): οἶκον, ; θεόν, (Cremer, 525).†

εὐσεβής

εὐσεβής, -ές (< εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: , (צַדִּיק), (חָסִיד), (נָדִיב), and freq. in Si and IV Mac;]

pious, godly, devout: , , .†

SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858)

εὐσεβῶς

** εὐσεβῶς adv., [in LXX: IV Mac 7:21 * ;]

piously, religiously: , .†

εὐσχήμων

εὐσχήμων, -ον (εὖ, σχῆμα), [in LXX: * ;]

elegant, graceful, comely (Eur., Plat., al.): τὰ εὐ. ἡμῶν (opp. to τὰ ἀσχ- ἡμ-), ; in moral sense, seemly, becoming, .

Also in late Gk. (v. Swete, Mk., l.c.; MM, Exp., xiv), wealthy, influential (RV, of honourable estate): , .†

εὐσχημόνως

* εὐσχημόνως adv. (< εὐσχήμων),

decorously, becomingly: ; περιπατεῖν, , .†

εὐσχημοσύνη

** εὐσχημοσύνη (< εὐσχήμων), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:2 * ;]

seemliness, comeliness: .†

εὐτόνως

εὐτόνως adv. (< εὖ, τείνω), [in LXX forבַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת * ;]

vigorously, vehemently: , .†

εὐτραπελία

* εὐτραπελία, -ας, ἡ (< εὖ, τρέπω),

versatility, wit, facetiousness (Hippocr., Plat., al.).

= βωμολογία, coarse jesting, ribaldry (Abbott, Essays, 93): .†

SYN.: μωρολογία, v. Tr., Syn., § xxxiv

εὐφημία

** εὐφημία, -ας, ἡ (< εὔφημος), [in Sm.: * ;]

good report, praise: opp. to δυσφημία, .†

εὐφορέω

* εὐ-φορέω, -ῶ

to be fruitful: .†

Εὐφράτης

Εὐφράτης, -ου, ὁ

the river Euphrates: .†

εὐφραίνω

εὐφραίνω [in LXX chiefly for שָׂמַח, qal, pi. ;]

to cheer, gladden: c. acc pers., opp. to λυπεῖν, . Pass., to be happy, rejoice, make merry: , (LXX) (LXX), (LXX), ; seq. ἐν, ; ἐπί c. dat., ; of merry-making at a feast (; cf. Kennedy, Sources, 155; Field, Notes, 69 f.), , , (LXX) (λαμπρῶς) .†

εὐφροσύνη

εὐφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ (< εὔφρων, cheerful) [in LXX chiefly for שִׂמְחָה ;]

rejoicing, gladness: (LXX) .†

εὐχάριστος

εὐχάριστος, -ον (< εὖ, χαρίζομαι), [in LXX for חֵן, * ;]

= εὔχαρις, winning, gracious, agreeable ().

grateful, thankful: .†

εὐχή

εὐχή, -ῆς, ἡ (< εὔχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for נֵדֶר ;]

a prayer: .

a vow: .†

SYN.: v.s. δέησις

εὐχαριστέω

** εὐχαριστέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Jth 8:25 Wi 18:2, II Mac 1:11 10:7 A II Mac 12:31 R, III Mac 7:16 * ;]

to be thankful, give thanks (chiefly in late writers and Inscr.; cf. Milligan, Th., 5; Ellic. on ; Lft., Notes, 9): , , ; of giving thanks before meat, , , , , , , ; c. dat. pens., τ. θεῷ, , , , , , , , ; seq. διὰ Ἰ. Χριστοῦ, , R, WH, mg., ; ἐν ὀνόματι Χρ., ; seq. περί, , ; ὅτι, , ; ἐπι, c. dat. rei, ; ὐπέρ, , ; ὅτι, , , , , ; pass. (Deiss., BS, 122 f.), .†

SYN.: v.s. αἰνέω; and cf. Cremer, 903 f

εὐχαριστία

** εὐχαριστία, -ας, ἡ (< εὐχάριστος), [in LXX: , Wi 16:28, Si 37:11, II Mac 2:27 * ;]

thankfulness, gratitude (Polyb.; Es, Si, II Mac, ll. c.): .

giving of thanks, thanksgiving (so in π. and Inscr.; M, Th., 41 f.): , , , , , , , , ; c. dat. pers., (cf. τ. θεοῦ, Wis, l.c.); pl., , (Cremer, 904).†

εὐψυχέω

*† εὐψυχέω, -ῶ (< εὔψυχος, courageous),

to be of good courage: .†

Εὐωδία

Εὐωδία, -ας, ἡ, , Rec. (for Εὐοδία, q.v.).†

εὐωδία

εὐωδία, -ας, ἡ (< εὐώδης, fragrant; < ὄζω) [in LXX for נִיחֹחַ, , al. (ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας); Si 20:9 24:15, al. ;]

fragrance: metaph., Χριστοῦ εὐ,., ; ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας (a metaphor of sacrifice, most freq. in Pent. and Ez.), , .†

εἰ

εἰ, conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.

Conditional, if;

c. indic., expressing a general assumption;

pres.: seq. indic, pres., , , al.; seq. imperat., , , , al.; seq. fut. indic., , , al.; seq. pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, , , al.; similarly, seq. impf., , ; seq. quæst., , , ;

fut.: , ;

pf.: , , al.;

aor.: , , , , al.

Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: , , , al.

Of an unfulfilled condition, c. indic, impf., aor. or plpf., seq. ἄν, c. imp. or aor. (v.s. ἄν, I, i).

C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: , , al.

C. indic., as in LXX (, , al. = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): , (LXX) (LXX).

Rarely (cl.) c. optat., to express a merely possible condition: , , I Pe3:14, 17.

Interrogative, if, whether.

As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: c. indic. pres., , , , , al.; fut., , , al.; aor., , , al.; c. subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), .

As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, , al.; v. WM, 639 f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: (Tr., WH, txt.), , , , al.

With other particles.

εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, v.s. ἄρα, γε.

εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: ; but even if, , .

εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: , , , , al.

εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: , , , , , al.

καὶ εἰ, even if, v.s. καί

εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: , , , (only), (cf. ἐὰν μή, ; v. Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), , .

εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (, al.): .

εἴ πως, if haply: , .

εἴτε . . . εἴτε, whether . . . or: , , al.

εἰδέα

εἰδέα (Rec. ἰδ-, as in cl.; v. Tdf., Pr., 81), -ας, ἡ (< εἶδον), [in LXX (v.l. ἰδ-): (דְּמוּת), Da TH 1:13, 15 (מַרְאֶה), Ep. Je 63, II Mac 3:16 * ;]

appearance, look: .†

εἰδωλόθυτος

**† εἰδωλόθυτος, -ον, (< εἴδωλον, θύω), [in LXX: IV Mac 5:2 * ;]

sacrificed to idols: τὸ, τὰ εἰ, , , , , , , .†

εἰδωλεῖον

† εἰδώλιον (Rec. -εῖον), -ου, τό (< εἴδωλον), [in LXX: Da LXX 1:2 (בֵּית אוֹצַר אֱלֹהִים), Bel 9, , I Mac 1:47 10:83 * ;]

an idol's temple: (cf. Ἀσταρτεῖον, ; v. ICC, in I Co, l.c.).†

εἰδωλολάτρης

*† εἰδωλολάτρης, -ου, ὁ (< εἴδωλου + λάτρις, a hireling),

an idolator: , , , (Cremer, 709).†

εἰδωλολατρία

*† εἰδωλο-λατρία (-εία, Rec.), -ας, ἡ (< εἴδωλον, λατρεία),

idolatry: , , ; pl. (Bl, §32, 6), (Cremer, 390).†

εἰκών

εἰκών, -όνος (cf. ἔοικα), [in LXX chiefly for צֶלֶם ;]

an image, likeness: , , , , , , , ; opp. to σκιά, ; of man, εἰ. θεοῦ, ; of the regenerate, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ (v. Lft., in l.); εἰ. τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, , ; of Christ, εἰ. τ. θεοῦ, , .† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, denoting resemblance, which may however be merely accidental. εἰ. is a derived likeness and like the head on a coin or the parental likeness in a child, implies an archetype. Cf. also εἶδος, appearance, not necessarily based on reality; σκιά, a shadowed resemblance; χαρακτήρ, the impress of a stamp; μόρφη (q.v.), the form as indicative of the inner being.

εἰκῇ

εἰκῇ (-ῆ, Rec., as in cl.), adv., [in LXX: (εἰκῇ)* ;]

without cause or reason: (E, mg.), (ICC).

vainly, fruitlessly, to no purpose: , , , .†

εἰλικρίνια

** εἰλικρινία (Rec., cl., -κρινεία), -ας, ἡ (< εἰλικρινής), [in LXX: Wi 7:25 A * ;]

sincerity, purity: , .†

εἰλικρινής

** εἰλικρινής, -ές, [in LXX: Wi 7:25 אB * ;]

unalloyed, pure (Lat. sincerus; v. DCG, ii, 635a);

of unmixed substances;

of abstract ideas;

of ethical purity: , .†

SYN.: ἁγνός (q.v.), καθαρός, cf. Tr., Syn.: §lxxxv; DB, iv, 176a; Cremer, 378; Westc. on .

εἰμί

εἰμί,

with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.

As substantive verb.

Of persons and things, to be, exist: , , al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), , (v. Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, , .

Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: , , , , , al.

to be present, be in a place, have come: , , , , , al.; seq. εἰς, ; seq. ἐκ, (ἐξ), , , , al.

Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.;

there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: , , , , al.; c. dat. (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), , , , , al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), , , al.;

c. inf., = ἔξεστιν (q.v.), it is possible: , , RV (but v. ICC, in l.).

As copula uniting subject and predicate.

Expressing simply identity or equivalence: , , , , , al. mult.

Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: , , , , , , al.; τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, , , al.; ὅ ἐστιν, , , , al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: , , , , (v. ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. c.; DB, iii, 148 f.).

C. gen.: qual., etc., , , , , al.; part., , ; poss., , , , ; of service or partisanship, , , , .

C. dat. (BL, §37, 3): , , , , al.

C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.);

c. ptcp. pf. (cl.): , , , , , al;

c. ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), , , , , al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, , , , al.;

c. ptcp. aor. (cl), .

Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): , , , al.

C. adv.: , , , al.

Ellipses;

of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): , , , , al.;

of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, , , al.; absol. (cf. ; אֲנִי הוּא), , , al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι).

εἰρήνη

εἰρήνη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלוֹם ;]

peace;

of public peace, freedom from war: , ; of the church, .

Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : , , , , , ; ζητεῖν εἰ., ; διώκειν, ; ib. seq. μετὰ πάντων, ; by meton., of him who brings peace, .

As in LXX (= Heb. שָׁלוֹם , Aram. שְׁלָם), of a state of security and safety: , , ,́ whence the formulae, ὕπαγε (πορεύου) εἰς εἰ, , (cf. , al.; לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם); εἰ. ὑμῖν (שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם), , , ; ἀπολύειν ἐν εἰ., , cf. ; ἡ εἰ. ὑμῶν, , ; υἱὸς εἰρήνης, ib.

Of spiritual peace, the peace of Christ's kingdom (DCG, ii, 330f.): , , , al.; ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰ., ; ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰ., , , al.; in epistolary salutations, , , , , , , , al. (v. Cremer, 244).

εἰρηνεύω

εἰρηνεύω (< εἰρήνη), [in LXX chiefly for שׁלם, שׁקט ;]

to bring to peace, reconcile (so I Mac 6:60).

to keep peace, be at peace: , , , (cf. Si 28:9; Cremer, 246).†

εἰρηνικός

εἰρηνικός, -ή, -όν (< εἰρήνη), [in LXX for שָׁלוֹם and cognates ;]

peaceful: , .†

εἰρηνοποιέω

† εἰρηνο-ποιέω, -ῶ [in LXX: * ;]

to make peace: .†

εἰρηνοποιός

* εἰρηνοποιός, -όν

peace-making, a peacemaker: †

εἰς

εἰς, prep. c. acc.,

expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, c. acc.).

Of place.

After verbs of motion;

of entrance into: , , , al.;

of approach, to or towards: , , , al.;

before pl. and collective nouns, among: , , , , al.;

Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: , , , , , al.; c. acc. pers. (as in Ep. and Ion.), , , ;

elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, ; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., ; metaph., of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.

Of direction;

after verbs of seeing: , , , , , al.; metaph., of the mind, , al.;

after verbs of speaking: , , al.

After verbs of rest;

in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; v. WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): , , , , al.;

by an assimilation general in late Gk (v. Bl., M, Pr., ll. c.) = ἐν: , , (but v. Westc, in l.), al.

Of time, for, unto;

accentuating the duration expressed by the acc.: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, ; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., ; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, , al.

Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: , , , , ; of entrance into a future period, εις τὸ μέλλον (v.s. μέλλω), next (year), (but c. ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, ; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (v.s. πάλιν, .

Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, ; μετας-, , ; μεταλλάσσειν, ; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, , al.; predicatively with εἴναι, .

Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more freq. in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dat., which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): , , , , , al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, , al.; χρηστός, ; φρονεῖν εἰς, ; θαρρεῖν, .

Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, ; σόφος, ; ἰσχύειν, ; εἰς τοῦτο, , al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, ; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, ; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, ; εἰς τό, c. inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): , , , al.

Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (v.s. τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).

εἰσάγω

εἰσ-άγω [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא, hi. ;]

to bring in: c. acc, , , ; seq. εἰς, , , , , ; ὧδε, .†

εἰσέρχομαι

εἰσ-έρχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;]

to go in or into, enter: , , al.; seq. εἰς, , , al.; seq. διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), , , al.; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, ; c. adv.: ὅπου, , ; ὧδε, ; ἔσω, ; seq. πρός, c acc. pers., , , , ; of demons taking possession, , , ; of food, , . Metaph., of thoughts, ; εἰς κόπον, ; εἰς πειρασμόν, , , ; of hope as an anchor, ; βοαί, ; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, ; εἰς τ. κόσμον (cf. Wi 2:24 14:14, ), , ; in counterparts of Jewish Aram. phrases relating to the theocracy (cf. Dalman, Words, 116ff.): εἰς τ. γάμους, ; εἰς τ. χάραν τ. κυρίου, , ; εἰς τ. ζωήν, , , , ; εἰς τ. βασιλ. τ. οὐρανῶν, , al. (v.s. βασιλεία); εἰς τ. κατάπαυσιν, , ff.; εἰς τ. δόξαν, ; εἰσ. καὶ ἐξερχ., to go in and out (like Heb. בֹוא וְצֵאת, , etc.), of familiar intercourse, ; fig., of moral freedom, (cf. ἐπ-, παρ-, συν-εισέρχομαι).

εἰσακούω

εἰσ-ακούω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַע, also for עָנָה, etc. ;]

to listen to, in two senses;

to obey: (cf. , Si 3:6)

to listen, assent to; pass., to be heard: of persons praying, , ; of the prayer offered, , (cf. , Si 34:26); v. Cremer, 624).†

εἰσδέχομαι

εἰσ-δέχομαι [in LXX for קָבַץ ;]

to admit, receive: (LXX) (Cremer, 687).†

εἰσκαλέω

* εἰσ-καλέω, -ῶ,

to call in: mid., c. acc pers., .†

εἰσπηδάω

εἰσ-πηδάω, -ῶ [in LXX: (בּוֹא), Daniel 1:26* ;]

to spring in, rush in: (Rec.), (for exx. from π., v. MM, Exp., xii).†

εἰσπορεύομαι

εἰσ-πορεύομαι [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;]

to go into, enter: ; seq. εἰς, , , ; πρός, c. acc pers., ; ὅπου, ; κατά τ. οἴκους, house after house, ; of things (food), , , , . μετά (cf. εἰσέρχομαι), .†

εἰστρέχω

** εἰσ-τρέχω [in LXX: II Mac 5:26 * ;]

to run in: .†

εἰσφέρω

εἰσ-φέρω [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא hi. ;]

to bring in, into: c. acc pers., , ; seq. εἰς, , ; ἐπί, ; c. acc rei, seq. εἰς, ; pass., .†

εἱλίσσω

εἱλίσσω, v.s. ἑλέσσω.

εἴδωλον

εἴδωλον, -ου, τό (< εἶδος), [in LXX for אֱלֹוהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc. ;]

in cl.

a phantom, image, likeness;

an image in the mind, an idea, fancy.

In LXX and NT,

an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): , , ;

the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.c.): , , , , , .†

εἴκοσι(ν)

εἴκοσι (never -ιν in WH, cf. Bl., §5, 3, and note), indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά,

twenty: , , , , , .†

εἴκω

εἴκω, [in LXX: (ענה), Wi 18:25, IV Mac 1:6 * ;]

to yield: (cf. ὑπ-είκω).†

εἴκω_2

εἴκω (obsolete pres.), v.s. ἔοικα .

εἴπερ

εἴ-περ, v.s. εἰ.

εἴπως

εἴ-πως, v.s. εἰ.

εἴρω

εἴρω (fut. ἐρῶ), v.s. λέγω, p. 496.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922); TEI edition by the Translatable Exegetical Tools project. Public domain. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.