ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ, εὐδαιμονια
EUDAIMONIA, eudaimonia
Sounds Like: yoo-dai-mo-NEE-ah
Translations: happiness, good fortune, prosperity, blessedness, a good fortune, a prosperity
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of well-being, often translated as happiness, good fortune, or prosperity. It implies a flourishing life, characterized by success, abundance, and divine favor. It is a compound word derived from 'εὖ' (eu), meaning 'good', and 'δαίμων' (daimon), meaning 'spirit' or 'divinity', thus literally 'good spirit' or 'good fortune'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2118 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:109
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:14
- Book 2 — 2:10, 6:94
- Book 8 — 8:211
- Book 14 — 10:247
- Book 15 — 8:296
- Book 18 — 9:339, 9:347
- Book 19 — 1:62, 2:167
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΝ — happiness, a happiness, welfare, prosperity, blessedness, good fortune
- ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of happiness, of well-being, of prosperity, of blessedness
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