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εὐδοκέω
eudokéō · Greek · Strong's G2106 · 21 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “please”
What it means
to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
from G2095 (εὖ) and G1380 (δοκέω);
How the KJV renders it
think good, please, be the good have, take pleasure, be willing
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“please”
“think good”
also renders axióō (G515)
“be willing”
also renders ʼâbâh (H14)
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Where it appears
21 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 1:21 · V-AAI-3S
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 10:5 · V-AAI-3S
However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Thessalonians 2:8 · V-IAI-1P
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 3:1 · V-AAI-1P
Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
2 Corinthians 5:8 · V-PAI-1P
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:10 · V-PAI-1S
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
2 Peter 1:17 V-AAI-1S2 Thessalonians 2:12 V-AAP-NPMColossians 1:19 V-AAI-3SGalatians 1:15 V-AAI-3SHebrews 10:6 V-AAI-2SHebrews 10:8 V-AAI-2SHebrews 10:38 V-PAI-3SLuke 3:22 V-AAI-1SLuke 12:32 V-AAI-3SMatthew 3:17 V-AAI-1SMatthew 12:18 V-AAI-3SMatthew 17:5 V-AAI-1SMark 1:11 V-AAI-1SRomans 15:26 V-AAI-3PRomans 15:27 V-AAI-3P
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