εὐδοκέωeudokéō
GreekG210625 occurrences (KJV)
to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
KJV renders it: think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing
Where it appears(showing the first 21 of 25)
- Matt 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Matt 12:18“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Matt 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
- Mark 1:11A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
- Luke 12:32Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
- Rom 15:26For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
- Rom 15:27Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.
- 1 Cor 1:21For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
- 1 Cor 10:5However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
- 2 Cor 5:8We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- 2 Cor 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
- Gal 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
- Col 1:19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
- 1 Th 2:8Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
- 1 Th 3:1Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
- 2 Th 2:12that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- Heb 10:6You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
- Heb 10:8Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law),
- Heb 10:38But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
- 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.