STRONGS G2107:
εὐδοκία,
-ας,
ἡ, (from
εὐδοκέω, as
εὐλογία from
εὐλογέω), unknown to secular authors [
Boeckh, Inscriptions 5960], found in the
O. T. in some of the Psalms
(for רָצון) and often in Sir.; on it cf. Fritzsche on Romans ii., p. 371f; [especially Bp. Lightfoot on
Philippians 1:15]; properly
beneplacitum (
Vulg. [edited by Clement.]
Ephesians 1:9);
1. will, choice:
Matthew 11:26;
Luke 10:21, (on both passages see
ἔμπροσθεν,
2 b.); Sir. 1:27 (Sir. 1:24); Sir. 36:13, etc.; in particular,
good-will, kindly intent, benevolence:
Ephesians 1:5,
9;
Philippians 2:13, (
Psalm 50:20 (Ps. 51:20); Sir. 2:16; Sir. 11:17 (Sir. 11:15) etc.);
δἰ εὐδοκίαν, prompted by good will,
Philippians 1:15.
2. delight, pleasure, satisfaction: with the genitive of the thing that pleases,
2 Thessalonians 1:11;
ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία, either
among men pleasure produced by salvation, or God's
pleasure in men, Luke 2:14 R G Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading;
ἄνθρωποι εὐδοκίας, men in whom God is well pleased
[i. e. not a particular class of men (namely, believers), but the whole race, contemplated as blessed in Christ's birth],
Luke 2:14. L T Tr text WH text [see
WH's Appendix at the passage;
Field, Otium Norv. iii. at the passage], (Psalm 144:16 (
Ps. 145:16); Sir. 9:12).
3. desire (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it):
Romans 10:1; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage.
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