εὐχαριστέω

εὐχαριστέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Jdt 8,25 Wis 18,2, 2Ma 1,11 2Mac 10,7 A 2Ma 12,31 R, 3Ma 7,16 * ;]

to be thankful, give thanks (chiefly in late writers and Inscr.; cf. Milligan, Th., 5; Ellic. on Kol 1,12 Lft., Notes, 9): Rom 1,21, 1 Kor 14,17, 1 Thess 5,18; of giving thanks before meat, Matt 15,36; 26,27, Mark 8,6; 14,23, Luk 22,17, 19, Joh 6,11, 23, 1 Kor 11,24; with dative pens., τ. θεῷ, Luk 17,16, ApG 27,35; 28,15, Rom 14,6; 16,4, 1 Kor 14,18, Fil 1,3, Kol 1,3, 12, Phm 4; before διὰ Ἰ. Χριστοῦ, Rom 1,8; 7,25 R, WH, mg., Kol 3,17 ἐν ὀνόματι Χρ., Ef 5,20 before περί, 1 Thess 1,2, 2 Thess 1,3; ὅτι, Rom 1,8, 2 Thess 2,13; ἐπι, with dative of thing(s), 1 Kor 1,4 ὐπέρ, 1 Kor 10,30, Ef 1,16; 5,20; ὅτι, Luk 18,11, Joh 11,41, 1 Kor 1,14, 1 Thess 2,13, Åb 11,17; pass. (Deiss., BS, 122 f.), 2 Kor 1,11,†

SYN.: see: αἰνέω; and cf. Cremer, 903 f