What does εὔθυμος (eúthymos) mean in the Bible?
εὔθυμος (eúthymos): Cheerful disposition that encourages others; literal sense "good-spirited" rather than external kindness
Greek · G2115
εὔθυμος
Encouraging
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εὔθυμοςG2115
Pronunciationeúthymos
What does εὔθυμος (eúthymos) mean in the Bible?
εὔθυμος (eúthymos): Cheerful disposition that encourages others; literal sense "good-spirited" rather than external kindness
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How does the BSB render G2115?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), encouraged (1).
Where does εὔθυμος (eúthymos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 24:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
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. . .1×Acts 24:10
encouraged1×Acts 27:36
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 24:10
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Acts2
Source forms
εὔθυμοι1xeuthymoiActs 27:36
εὐθύμως1xeuthymōsActs 24:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xActs 27:36
Adverb1xActs 24:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cheerful disposition that encourages others; literal sense "good-spirited" rather than external kindness
Strong'sG2115
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 27:36Source Gloss
encouraging
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Cheerful disposition that encourages others; literal sense "good-spirited" rather than external kindness
1kind (Hom.).
2of good cheer (Æsch., al.): Act.27:36.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 24:10Adverb
εὐθυμότερονeuqumoteron
cheerful, having good courage
Read verseActs 27:36Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
εὔθυμοιeuqumoi
cheerful, having good courage
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineActs 27:361×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Encouraged and hopeful demeanor during crisis at sea
Word Origins
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