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Koine Greek wordlink #144767

SR GNT Heb 10:38 εὐδοκεῖ (eudokei) ‘if he may shrink_back not is taking_pleasure the soul of me’ Strongs=21060 Lemma=eudokeō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form εὐδοκεῖ (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εὐδοκεῖ’ (V-IPA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘is taking_pleasure’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eudokeō’ have 11 different glosses: ‘having taken_pleasure’, ‘is taking_pleasure’, ‘I am taking_pleasure’, ‘I took_pleasure’, ‘he took_pleasure’, ‘they took_pleasure’, ‘we are taking_pleasure’, ‘we were taking_pleasure’, ‘we took_pleasure’, ‘you took_pleasure’, ‘took_pleasure’.

Greek words (3) other than εὐδοκεῖ (V-IPA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘taking_pleasure’

2 COR 5:8 εὐδοκοῦμεν (eudokoumen) V-IPA1··P ‘we are having_confidence and and we are taking_pleasure rather to be_absent out_of’ SR GNT 2 Cor 5:8 word 6

OET-LV: 8 And we _are _having _confidence and we _are _taking _pleasure rather to _be _absent out _of the body and to _be _at _home with the master. (CO2_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 And we do have confidence and look forward to being absent out of these bodies and being at home with the master, (CO2 5:8)

2 COR 12:10 εὐδοκῶ (eudokō) V-IPA1··S ‘therefore I am taking_pleasure in weaknesses in’ SR GNT 2 Cor 12:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 Therefore I _am _taking _pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, and distresses, for chosen _one /messiah, because/for whenever I _may _be _faltering, then powerful I _am. (CO2_12:10)

OET-RV: 10 So then I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults and hardships, in persecutions and distresses for Messiah because whenever I might be faltering, that’s when I’m powerful. (CO2 12:10)

1 TH 2:8 εὐδοκοῦμεν (eudokoumen) V-IIA1··P ‘thus longing for you_all we were taking_pleasure to share with you_all not’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 Thus longing for _you _all, we _were _taking _pleasure to _share with _you _all, not only the good _message of_ the _god, but also the of _ourselves lives, because beloved to _us you _all _were _become. (TH1_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 So in longing for you all like that, we were happy to share with you all—not only the good message from God, but also exposing our own lives because you all became dear to us. (TH1 2:8)

Key: V=verb