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It is often used to describe God's benevolent intention or delight towards humanity. In the New Testament, it reflects the divine favor and gracious will of God, as well as the pleasure or desire of individuals in alignment with God's purposes.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of goodwill or favor was significant in both personal relationships and political contexts. Favor from a deity or a ruler was highly sought after, as it was believed to bring blessings and prosperity. In the Jewish context, the idea of God's favor was deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people, Israel. The New Testament usage of eudokia reflects this understanding, emphasizing God's gracious initiative in salvation history.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2107</b> <i>eudokía</i> – properly, what seems good or beneficial to someone; "good pleasure." <a href="/greek/2106.htm">See 2106</a> (<i>eudokeō</i>).</p><p class="discovery">God's good pleasure (<a href="/greek/2107.htm">2107</a> <i>/eudokía</i>) <i>requires</i> something is done through <i>His work</i> of <i>inbirthing faith</i>.</p><p class="discovery">2 Thes 1:11: "for which [<i>glorification</i>, cf. 1:10], indeed each time we pray about (<i>peri</i>) you – for the purpose (<i>hina</i>) that our God may deem you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill every <i>good-pleasure</i> (<a href="/greek/2107.htm">2107</a> <i>/eudokía</i>, of God) that comes from (His) goodness and (His) <i>work of faith</i> (<a href="/greek/4102.htm">4102</a> <i>/pístis</i>), in (His) ability."</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2106.htm">eudokeó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>good pleasure<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>desire (2), good pleasure (1), good will (1), kind intention (2), pleased (1), well-pleasing (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2107: εὐδοκία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">εὐδοκία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">εὐδοκίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">εὐδοκέω</span>, as <span class="greek2">εὐλογία</span> from <span class="greek2">εὐλογέω</span>), unknown to secular authors (Boeckh, Inscriptions 5960), found in the O. T. in some of the Psalms (for <span class="hebrew">רָצון</span>) and often in Sir.; on it cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 371f; (especially <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-15.htm">Philippians 1:15</a>); properly,<span class="latin">beneplacitum</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span> (edited by Clement.) <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9</a>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">will, choice</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-26.htm">Matthew 11:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-21.htm">Luke 10:21</a> (on both passages see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἔμπροσθεν</span></span>, 2 b.); Sir. 1:27 (<BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Sirach 1:24>); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Sirach 36:13>, etc.; in particular, <span class="accented">good-will, kindly intent, benevolence</span>: <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-5.htm">Ephesians 1:5, 9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-13.htm">Philippians 2:13</a> (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/50-20.htm">Psalm 50:20</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 51:20>); Sir. 2:16 Sir. 11:17 (<BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Sirach 11:15>) etc.); <span class="greek2">δἰ</span> <span class="greek2">εὐδοκίαν</span>, prompted by good will, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-15.htm">Philippians 1:15</a>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">delight, pleasure, satisfaction</span>: with the genitive of the thing that pleases, <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώποις</span> <span class="greek2">εὐδοκία</span>, either <span class="accented">among men pleasure</span> produced by salvation, or God's <span class="accented">pleasure in men,</span> <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-14.htm">Luke 2:14</a> <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading; <span class="greek2">ἄνθρωποι</span> <span class="greek2">εὐδοκίας</span>, men in whom God is well pleased (i. e. not a particular class of men (viz. believers), but the whole race, contemplated as blessed in Christ's birth), <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-14.htm">Luke 2:14</a>. <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> text <span class="manuref">WH</span> text (see <span class="manuref">WH</span>'s Appendix at the passage; Field, Otium Norv. iii. at the passage) (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/144-16.htm">Psalm 144:16</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 145:16>); Sir. 9:12). <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">desire</span> (for delight in any absent thing easily begets a longing for it): <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-1.htm">Romans 10:1</a>; cf. Philippi and Tholuck at the passage.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>delight, good pleasure<p>From a presumed compound of <a href="/greek/2095.htm">eu</a> and the base of <a href="/greek/1380.htm">dokeo</a>; satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose -- desire, good pleasure (will), X seem good. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2095.htm">eu</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1380.htm">dokeo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ευδοκια ευδοκία εὐδοκία ευδοκίαις ευδοκιαν ευδοκίαν εὐδοκίαν ευδοκιας ευδοκίας εὐδοκίας ευδοκιμούν ευεκτείν εύελπις eudokia eudokía eudokian eudokían eudokias eudokías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/11-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 11:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι οὕτως <b>εὐδοκία</b> ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for this way <span class="itali">was well-pleasing</span> in Your sight.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so it seemed <span class="itali">good</span> in thy sight.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for thus <span class="itali">well-pleasing</span> it was before<p><b><a href="/text/luke/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 2:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ἀνθρώποις <b>εὐδοκίας</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> among men <span class="itali">with whom He is pleased.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> earth peace, <span class="itali">good will</span> toward men.<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> among men <span class="itali">with whom he is pleased</span><p><b><a href="/text/luke/10-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 10:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι οὕτως <b>εὐδοκία</b> ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for this way <span class="itali">was well-pleasing</span> in Your sight.<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so it seemed <span class="itali">good</span> in thy<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for thus <span class="itali">well-pleasing</span> was it before<p><b><a href="/text/romans/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 10:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡ μὲν <b>εὐδοκία</b> τῆς ἐμῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> my heart's <span class="itali">desire</span> and my prayer<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my heart's <span class="itali">desire</span> and prayer<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the indeed <span class="itali">good pleasure</span> of the my<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 1:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ τὴν <b>εὐδοκίαν</b> τοῦ θελήματος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> according <span class="itali">to the kind intention</span> of His will,<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> according <span class="itali">to the good pleasure</span> of his<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to the <span class="itali">good pleasure</span> of the will<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 1:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ τὴν <b>εὐδοκίαν</b> αὐτοῦ ἣν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of His will, according <span class="itali">to His kind intention</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his <span class="itali">good pleasure</span> which<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to the <span class="itali">pleasure</span> of him which<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 1:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ δι' <b>εὐδοκίαν</b> τὸν χριστὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but some also <span class="itali">from good will;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> also of <span class="itali">good will:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also from <span class="itali">good-will</span> Christ<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 2:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπὲρ τῆς <b>εὐδοκίας</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and to work <span class="itali">for [His] good pleasure.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to do of <span class="itali">[his] good pleasure.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to the <span class="itali">good pleasure</span><p><b><a href="/text/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πληρώσῃ πᾶσαν <b>εὐδοκίαν</b> ἀγαθωσύνης καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> every <span class="itali">desire</span> for goodness<br><a href="/kjvs/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">the good pleasure</span> of [his] goodness,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> might fulfill every <span class="itali">good pleasure</span> of goodness and<p><b><a href="/greek/2107.htm">Strong's Greek 2107</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2107.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/eudokia_2107.htm">εὐδοκία — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eudokian_2107.htm">εὐδοκίαν — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eudokias_2107.htm">εὐδοκίας — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2106.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2106"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2106" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2108.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2108"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2108" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>