εὐδοκέω

εὐ-δοκέω, -ῶ

(on the derivation, see EL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה, also for אָבָה, חָפֵץ, etc. ;]

1. with inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so frequently in π. in legal docu­ments; Milligan, Th., 22 f.): Luk 12,32, Rom 15,26-27, 1 Kor 1,21, Gal 1,15, Kol 1,19, R, mg. (ICC, in l, but see infr.), 1 Thess 2,8; 3,1; μᾶλλον εὐ., 2 Kor 5,8 with accusative and inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), Col, l.with, R, txt. (Lft., in l).

2. to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing;

(a) with dative (Polyb., al.; 1Ma 1,43, I Est 4,39): 2 Thess 2,12;

(b) as frequently in LXX,

α with accusative: Matt 12,13, Hebr 10,5, 8" (LXX) ;

β before ἐν (cf. Heb. בּ רָצָה, Sl 149,4): Matt 3,17; 17,5, Mark 1,11, Luk 3,22 (on the tense, see M, Pr., 134 f.; DCG, i,308 b), 1 Kor 10,5, 2 Kor 12,10, Hebr 10,38" (LXX) ;

(with) before εἰς: 2 Pet 1,17, (cf. συν-ευδοκέω, and see Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes, 48 f.; DCG, i, 355a.)†