ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣ, εὐνους
EUNOUS, eunous
Sounds Like: EU-noos
Translations: well-disposed, favorable, loyal, friendly
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is well-disposed, favorable, or loyal towards another person or a cause. It implies a positive and supportive attitude. It is a compound word formed from εὖ (eu), meaning 'well', and νοῦς (nous), meaning 'mind' or 'intellect', literally meaning 'well-minded'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2159 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:34, 2:49, 9:201
- Book 8 — 8:215
- Book 12 — 3:150
- Book 13 — 16:405
- Book 14 — 8:151
- Book 15 — 4:98
- Book 16 — 6:177
- Book 17 — 1:6
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 4:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΝ — well-disposed, kind, benevolent, favorable, a well-disposed person, a kind person
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣΤΑΤΟΙΣ — most loyal, most devoted, most benevolent, most well-disposed
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most well-disposed, most loyal, most devoted, most faithful, most friendly
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣΤΕΡΟΙ — more well-disposed, more favorable, more loyal, more devoted
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more well-disposed, more favorable, more loyal, more friendly
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΣΤΕΡΟΥΣΤΑΙΣ — more well-disposed, more benevolent, more loyal
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΩΣ — favorably, kindly, benevolently
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.