What does εὐποιΐα (eupoiḯa) mean in the Bible?
εὐποιΐα (eupoiḯa): Beneficence as concrete action of doing good, not mere goodwill or charitable disposition alone
Greek · G2140
εὐποιΐα
Doing good
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εὐποιΐα G2140
Pronunciation eupoiḯa
What does εὐποιΐα (eupoiḯa) mean in the Bible?
εὐποιΐα (eupoiḯa): Beneficence as concrete action of doing good, not mere goodwill or charitable disposition alone
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How does the BSB render G2140?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include to do good (1).
Where does εὐποιΐα (eupoiḯa) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 13:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 to do good 1× Hebrews 13:16
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First aligned row Hebrews 13:16
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
εὐποιΐας 1x eupoiias Hebrews 13:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 13:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Beneficence as concrete action of doing good, not mere goodwill or charitable disposition alone
Strong's G2140
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
doing good
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Beneficence as concrete action of doing good, not mere goodwill or charitable disposition alone
1beneficence, doing good: Heb.13:16.
2a benefit (FlJ, Ant., ii, ll, 2, al.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 13:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εὐποιΐας eupoiiav
doing of good
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 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 13:16 1×
Word Origins
εὐποιΐα 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