Strong G2133εὔνοια

enthusiasm

Transliteration
eunoia
Pronunciation
yoo'-noy-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From the same as G2132; kindness; euphemistically conjugal duty: - benevolence good will.

Detailed definition

εὔνοια, -ας, ἡ
(εὔνοος), [in LXX: Est.2:23, al.;]
goodwill: Eph.6:7 (of slaves; cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2133 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • benevolence1
  • will1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:3
    Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
  2. Ephesians 6:7
    With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔνοιᾰ, ἡ,
Ionic εὐνοίη (εὔνοιαν is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36))], poetry εὐνοΐη [Refs (“IG” 14.815)]: (εὔνους):— goodwill, favour (distinct from φιλία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1155b33, 1166b30), κατὰ εὐνοίην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; δι᾽ εὐνοίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40; δι᾽ εὔνοιαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337b)]; εὐνοίας ἕνεκα Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.54, etc.; εὐνοίας ἕνεκα τῆς εἰς τὸν δῆμον “IG” 22.212.32, etc.)]; κατ᾽ εὔνοιαν κρίνειν partially, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.1; κατ᾽ εὔνοιαν φρενῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 940; μετ᾽ εὐνοίας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.276, NT.Eph.6.7; ὑπ᾽ εὐνοίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.9; εὐνοίῃ τι ποιῆσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.239; εὐνοίᾳ λέγειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1322; εὐνοίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐλέγχῳ τὰ γιγνόμενα δοκιμάζειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.22)]; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ σῇ for the love of you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 486a: with objective _genitive_, ἐπ᾽ εὐνοίᾳ χθονός)] for love of fatherland, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1012; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 485a)]; ἕνεκα τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων εὐνοίας goodwill towards them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.20)]; [εὔνοιαν] ἔχειν εἴς τινα Docum. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.54; πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470a; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον “IPE” 12.32.7 (from Olbia), etc.)]; εὔ. παρὰ τῶν θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.1; εὔνοιαν ἔκ τινων κτᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.22)]; εὔνοιαν παρασχεῖν to show favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 708; ἔργῳ δεικνύναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.76)]; εὔνοιαν ἔχειν to wish heartily that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; ὡς ἑκατέρων τις εὐνοίας.. ἔχοι [prev. author] 1.22; ἡ εὔ. παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει τῶν ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους [prev. author] 2.8)]: in plural, impulses of kindness, favours, τοῖς ἥσσοσιν γὰρ πᾶς τις εὐνοίας φέρει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 489; Ἀρτέμιδος εὐνοίαισι [prev. author] “Th.” 450; ταῖς εὐ. μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἦσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.15)]; but, acts of kindness, favours, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.9.)]
II gift or present in token of goodwill, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.282)]: plural, benevolences, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.25. [εὔνοια as dactyl, “Arch.Papyrus” 1.220 (twice, 2nd c.BC).])]