ΕΥ̓ΝΟΗΣΕΙΝ, εὐνοησειν
EUNOĒSEIN, eunoēsein
Sounds Like: yoo-noh-AY-seen
Translations: to be well-disposed, to be favorable, to be kindly, to show good will
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΝΟΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be well-disposed, to be favorable, or to show good will towards someone or something. It is often used to describe a positive attitude or intention. It is a compound word formed from the Greek prefix εὖ (eu), meaning 'well' or 'good', and νοέω (noeo), meaning 'to perceive, to think, to understand'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2133 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:94
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 7:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΝΟΕΩ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΕΙ — be well-disposed, be favorable, show kindness, be friendly, be loyal
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΕΙΝ — to be well-disposed, to be favorable, to be kindly, to show goodwill
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΕΩ — to be well-disposed, to be friendly, to be favorably inclined, to be kind, to be considerate
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΟΥΝ — being well-disposed, having good will, favoring, being friendly, well-wishing
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΟΥΝΤΑΣ — well-disposed, friendly, favorable, those who are well-disposed
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΟΥΣΙΝ — they are well-disposed, they are favorable, they are friendly, they wish well
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΩΝ — well-wishing, well-disposed, friendly, benevolent
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