Strong G2163εὔφημος
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- Transliteration
- euphēmos
- Pronunciation
- yoo'-fay-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
εὔφημος, -ον
(εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: Psa.63:6;]
primarily, uttering words or sounds of good omen, hence,
1. avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent.
2. fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): Php.4:8.†
(AS)
(εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: Psa.63:6;]
primarily, uttering words or sounds of good omen, hence,
1. avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent.
2. fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): Php.4:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2163 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- report1
First verses
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὔφημ-ος,
Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη) uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618b31: usually in derived senses,)]
I abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e. religiously silent, εὔφημον.. κοίμησον στόμα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1247; γλῶσσαν εὔ. φέρειν [prev. author] “Ch.” 581; so perhaps εὔ. γόοι [prev. author] “fragment” 40)]; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 132 (Lyric poetry))]; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 630)]; εὔφημα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 362, 591, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 687; εὔφημος ἴσθι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 478; εὔ. πᾶς ἔστω λαός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 39 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2 mild, softening [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (εὐφημία 11.1, εὐφημισμός), ἐν-οτάτοις ὀνόμασι.. κατονομάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.140c)]; πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Latin in meliorem partem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.Es” 3)]. adverb comparative -ότερον [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1398.49.)]
I.3 fair-spoken, εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 18.)]
II in positive sense, fair-sounding, auspicious, μῦθοι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.14; ἦμαρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 636; ἔπος [prev. author] “Supp.” 512; εὔφημοι κέλαδοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1072 (Lyric poetry); εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς μοῦσαν θείατ᾽ ἀοιδοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 694 (Lyric poetry); Μούσης ἀνοίγειν.. εὔφημον στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1719)]; εὔ. πόνοι pious, holy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 134 (Lyric poetry); δόμοι [prev. author] “Andr.” 1144)]; ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800e, “Hp.Ma.” 293a, cf. NT.Phil.4.8; πλοῦς 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 3.16 (_superlative_))]. adverb -μως with or in words of good omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Hymnus ad Apollinem 171 (uncertain reading), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 287, “IG” 12.108.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265c)]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 2.9.)]
III laudatory, λόγοι εὔ. panegyrics, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.3.4. (Also _falsa lectio_ for{εὔχυμος} 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 5.58, for εὔφιμος 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 275.))]
Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη) uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618b31: usually in derived senses,)]
I abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e. religiously silent, εὔφημον.. κοίμησον στόμα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1247; γλῶσσαν εὔ. φέρειν [prev. author] “Ch.” 581; so perhaps εὔ. γόοι [prev. author] “fragment” 40)]; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 132 (Lyric poetry))]; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 630)]; εὔφημα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 362, 591, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 687; εὔφημος ἴσθι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 478; εὔ. πᾶς ἔστω λαός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 39 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2 mild, softening [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (εὐφημία 11.1, εὐφημισμός), ἐν-οτάτοις ὀνόμασι.. κατονομάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.140c)]; πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Latin in meliorem partem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.Es” 3)]. adverb comparative -ότερον [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1398.49.)]
I.3 fair-spoken, εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 18.)]
II in positive sense, fair-sounding, auspicious, μῦθοι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.14; ἦμαρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 636; ἔπος [prev. author] “Supp.” 512; εὔφημοι κέλαδοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1072 (Lyric poetry); εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς μοῦσαν θείατ᾽ ἀοιδοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 694 (Lyric poetry); Μούσης ἀνοίγειν.. εὔφημον στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1719)]; εὔ. πόνοι pious, holy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 134 (Lyric poetry); δόμοι [prev. author] “Andr.” 1144)]; ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800e, “Hp.Ma.” 293a, cf. NT.Phil.4.8; πλοῦς 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 3.16 (_superlative_))]. adverb -μως with or in words of good omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Hymnus ad Apollinem 171 (uncertain reading), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 287, “IG” 12.108.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265c)]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 2.9.)]
III laudatory, λόγοι εὔ. panegyrics, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.3.4. (Also _falsa lectio_ for{εὔχυμος} 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 5.58, for εὔφιμος 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 275.))]