† εὐ-δοκέω, -ῶ
(on the derivation, v. BL, § 28, 6) [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה, also for אָבָה, חָפֵץ, etc.;]
1. c. inf. (Polyb., al.), to be well pleased, to think it good, to give consent (so freq. in π. in legal documents; Milligan, Th., 22 f.): Lk 12:32, Ro 15:26-27, I Co 1:21, Ga 1:15, Col 1:19, R, mg. (ICC, in l., but v. infr.), I Th 2:83:1; μᾶλλον εὐ., II Co 5:8; c. acc et inf. (Polyb., i, 8, 4), Col, l.c., R, txt. (Lft., in l).
2. to be well pleased or take pleasure with or in a person or thing;
(a) c. dat. (Polyb., al.; I Mac 1:43, I Es 4:39): II Th 2:12;
(b) as freq. in LXX,
(α) c. acc: Mt 12:13, He 10:5, 8(LXX);
β seq. ἐν (cf. Heb. רָצָה בְּ, Ps 149:4): Mt 3:1717:5, Mk 1:11, Lk 3:22 (on the tense, v. M, Pr., 134 f.; DCG, i,308 b), I Co 10:5, II Co 12:10, He 10:38(LXX);
(c) seq. εἰς: II Pe 1:17. (cf. συν-ευδοκέω, and v. Cremer, 213 f.; Field, Notes, 48 f.; DCG, i, 355a.)†