- εὐοδόω
- εὐοδόω fut. εὐοδώσω; 1 aor. εὐώδωσα LXX; pf. 3 sg. εὐόδωκεν Gen 24:21, 27; Tob 10:14 S. Pass.: fut. εὐοδωθήσομαι; aor. εὐοδώθην and εὐωδώθην LXX (s. ὁδός; Soph., Hdt. et al.; pap, LXX; on the latter Anz 290; Just., A II, 7, 8) in our lit. only the pass. is used, and not literally ‘be led along a good road’, but in the sense: have things turn out well, prosper, succeed of pers., abs. (Josh 1:8; Pr 28:13; 2 Ch 18:11; En 104:6; TestGad 7:1) εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι κ. ὑγιαίνειν I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health 3J 2; cp. εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή it is well with your soul ibid.; εὐ. ἔν τινι succeed in someth. (2 Ch 32:30; Sir 41:1; Jer 2:37; Da 6:4) Hs 6, 3, 5f. W. inf. foll. (cp. 1 Macc 16:2) εἴ πως ἤδη ποτὲ εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς whether I will finally succeed in coming to you Ro 1:10. θησαυρίζων ὅ τι ἐὰν εὐοδῶται save as much as he gains 1 Cor 16:2. Yet, in this pass. the subj. may be a thing (Hdt. 6, 73 τῷ Κλεομένεϊ εὐωδώθη τὸ πρῆγμα; 2 Esdr 5:8; Tob 4:19 BA; 1 Macc 3:6) understood, such as business or profit.—DELG s.v. ὁδός. M-M. TW.
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