What does εὐδοκία · καρδία mean in the Bible?
e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose".
Greek · G2107, G2588
εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας
Goodwill · heart
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εὐδοκία G2107 goodwill
Pronunciation eudokía
God's sovereign pleasure and delight in choosing or approving, not mere human preference or satisfaction.
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καρδία G2588 heart
Pronunciation kardía
Seat of the whole inner person—thought, emotion, will, and moral condition, not mere feeling
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What does εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας (eudokia tēs emēs kardias) mean in the Bible?
εὐδοκία · καρδία is a Greek phrase meaning "satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2107, G2588?
G2107, G2588 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose
Source Gloss
satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (9)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:26 · Luke 10:21 · Rom 10:1 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:14 · Phil 2:13 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Eph 1:5 · Eph 1:9 · Phil 1:15 · 2 Thess 1:11 4×
Word Origins
εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας is built from these roots:
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