What does εὖ (eû) mean in the Bible?
εὖ (eû): Marks approval or affirmation in responses; also denotes prosperity or success in action.
Greek · G2095
εὖ
(Adverbially) well
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εὖ G2095
Pronunciation eû
What does εὖ (eû) mean in the Bible?
εὖ (eû): Marks approval or affirmation in responses; also denotes prosperity or success in action.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2095?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Well done (3), well (2), help (1).
Where does εὖ (eû) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Acts (1), Ephesians (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Well done 3× Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Luke 19:17
well 2× Acts 15:29, Ephesians 6:3
help 1× Mark 14:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:21
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Ephesians 1
Source forms
εὖ 3x eu Mark 14:7, Acts 15:29, Ephesians 6:3
Εὖ 2x Eu Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23
Εὖγε 1x Euge Luke 19:17
Parsing patterns
Adverb 6x Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Mark 14:7, Luke 19:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Marks approval or affirmation in responses; also denotes prosperity or success in action.
Strong's G2095
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 6:3 Source Gloss
(adverbially) well
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:21 Adverb
Εὖ, eu
well, well done
Read verse Matthew 25:23 Adverb
Εὖ, eu
well, well done
Read verse Mark 14:7 Adverb
εὖ eu
well, well done
Read verse Luke 19:17 Adverb
Εὖ, eu
well, well done
Read verse Acts 15:29 Adverb
εὖ eu
well, well done
Read verse Ephesians 6:3 Adverb
εὖ eu
well, well done
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 5
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Mark 14:7 · Acts 15:29 · Eph 6:3 5×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
it may go well with you, faring well as a consequence of obedience
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain