Strong G2115εὔθυμος

encouraging

Transliteration
euthumos
Pronunciation
yoo'-thoo-mos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G2095 and G2372; in fine spirits that is cheerful: - of good cheer the more cheerfully.

Detailed definition

εὔ-θυμος, -ον
[in LXX: 2Ma.11:26 *;]
1. kind (Hom.).

2. of good cheer (Æsch., al.): Act.27:36.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2115 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cheer1
  • cheerfully1

First verses

  1. Acts 24:10
    Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
  2. Acts 27:36
    Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔθῡμ-ος, ον,
kind, generous, ἄναξ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.63.)]
II cheerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 174, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.13 (_comparative_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792b)]; συμπόσια εὔ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Ion Eleg. 1.14; φέρειν γῆρας εὔ. εἰς τελευτάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.22)]; of horses, spirited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.12 (_superlative_))]; τὸ εὔ., ={εὐθυμία}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1106c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.1)]. adverb -μως cheerfully, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 159, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1592)]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.27)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs ([prev. work] 3.3.12.)]