Strong G2108εὐεργεσία
good deed
- Transliteration
- euergesia
- Pronunciation
- yoo-erg-es-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2110; beneficence (generally or specifically): - benefit good deed done.
Detailed definition
εὐεργεσία, -ας, ἡ
(εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Psa.78:11 (עֲלִילָה), Wis.16:11, 24, 2Ma.6:13 2Mac 9:26, 4Ma.8:17 *;]
a good deed, kindness, benefit: 1Ti.6:2; with genitive of person(s) (εὐ. πόλεως, Plat., leg., 805b), Act.4:9,†
(AS)
(εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Psa.78:11 (עֲלִילָה), Wis.16:11, 24, 2Ma.6:13 2Mac 9:26, 4Ma.8:17 *;]
a good deed, kindness, benefit: 1Ti.6:2; with genitive of person(s) (εὐ. πόλεως, Plat., leg., 805b), Act.4:9,†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2108 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benefit1
- done1
First verses
- Acts 4:9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
- 1 Timothy 6:2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐεργ-εσία,
Ionic dialect εὐεργ-εσίη, ἡ, well-doing, opposed to κακοεργίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.374)]; opposed to κακότης, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 548, etc.)]
II a good deed, kindness, εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.235, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 503 (_plural_))]; ἡ ἐξ Ἱστιαίου εὐ. done by him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.11; ἐκτίνειν [prev. author] 3.47 (_plural_))]; εὐεργεσίας ἀποδέξασθαι ἔς τινας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 67; καταθέσθαι ἔς τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128; εὐ. πεποιημέναι ἔς τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.165; προέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.47; προσφέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513e; opposed to εὐ. ἀπολαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.57; εὐ. ὀφείλεταί μοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, compare 32)]; ἀντ᾽ εὐεργεσίης for service done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 97.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.116, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.47 (_plural_), “IG” 12.108; ἀπ᾽ εὐεργεσίας καθίστασαν τοὺς βασιλεῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286b10: with _genitive_, εὐ. τῆς πόλεως)] good service done the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 850b)]: plural, public services, τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.24, etc.)]
II.2 ψηφίζεσθαί [τινι] εὐεργεσίαν to vote him the title of εὐεργέτης (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.60, compare “IG” 22.29, etc.; κείσεταί σοι εὐ. ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ οἴκῳ ἐς αἰεὶ ἀνάγραπτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.26, etc.)]
III Εὐεργεσία, personified, = Latin [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Liberalitas”, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 71.34.)]
III.2 epithet of Hera at Argos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
Ionic dialect εὐεργ-εσίη, ἡ, well-doing, opposed to κακοεργίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.374)]; opposed to κακότης, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 548, etc.)]
II a good deed, kindness, εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.235, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 503 (_plural_))]; ἡ ἐξ Ἱστιαίου εὐ. done by him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.11; ἐκτίνειν [prev. author] 3.47 (_plural_))]; εὐεργεσίας ἀποδέξασθαι ἔς τινας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 67; καταθέσθαι ἔς τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128; εὐ. πεποιημέναι ἔς τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.165; προέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.47; προσφέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513e; opposed to εὐ. ἀπολαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.57; εὐ. ὀφείλεταί μοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, compare 32)]; ἀντ᾽ εὐεργεσίης for service done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 97.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.116, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.47 (_plural_), “IG” 12.108; ἀπ᾽ εὐεργεσίας καθίστασαν τοὺς βασιλεῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286b10: with _genitive_, εὐ. τῆς πόλεως)] good service done the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 850b)]: plural, public services, τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.24, etc.)]
II.2 ψηφίζεσθαί [τινι] εὐεργεσίαν to vote him the title of εὐεργέτης (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.60, compare “IG” 22.29, etc.; κείσεταί σοι εὐ. ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ οἴκῳ ἐς αἰεὶ ἀνάγραπτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.26, etc.)]
III Εὐεργεσία, personified, = Latin [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Liberalitas”, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 71.34.)]
III.2 epithet of Hera at Argos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]