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G2109 εὐεργετέω (euergetéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I do good deeds, benefit

Strong's Definition

to be philanthropic

Derivation: from G2110 (εὐεργέτης);

KJV Usage: do good

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εὐεργετέω, ἐυεργέτω; (εὐεργέτης), to do good, bestow benefits: Act_10:38. (the Sept.; often in Attic writings.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εὐεργετέω euergeteō 1x to do good, exercise beneficence, Act_10:38

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εὐεργετέω , -ῶ ( < εὐεργέτης ), [in LXX : Psa_13:6 ( H1580 ), Wis_3:5 , al. ;] to do good, bestow benefit: Act_10:33 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εὐεργετέω [page 260] Michel 468 .14 (mid. ii/B.C.) ἵνα οὖν καὶ ὁ δῆμος φαίνηται χάριν ἀποδιδοὺς τοῖς εὐεργετοῦσιν αὐτόν , Priene 105 .46 ( c. B.C. 9) εὑ [ρήμασιν ἰδί ]οις εὐεργέτησεν (for form, cf. Wis_11:1-26 (6) ) τὴν ἐπαρχήαν . In OGIS 666 .2 (A.D. 54 68) an Egyptian inscr. records how the Emperor Nero ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων τῆς οἰκουμένης , σὺν ἅπασιν οἷς εὐεργέτησεν ἀγαθοῖς τὴν Αἴγυπτον . . . ἔπεμψεν ἡμεῖν Τιβέριον Κλαύδιον Βάλβιλλον ἡγεμόνα , after which the inscr. mentions this man s χάριτας καὶ εὐεργεσίας : cf. also Cagnat IV. 852 Ἀνίκιον Ἄσπρον , τὸν ὑπατικὸν καὶ κτίστην , ἀνθ᾽ ὧν εὐεργέτηται ἀνέθ (ηκαν ). From the papyri cf. such a passage as P Ryl II. 119 .36 (A.D. 54 67) ὧν χάριν ἀξιοῦμεν περὶ πάντων τούτων διαλαβεῖν ὅπως τύχωμεν τῶν παρὰ σοῦ δικαίων καὶ ὦμεν εὐεργετημένοι , therefore we beg you to give a decision on all these points, so that we may obtain our rights from you and be relieved (Edd.). The phrase ἵν᾽ ὦμεν εὐεργετημένοι is very common at the close of petitions, as in P Tebt II. 302 .31 (A.D. 71 2), 326 .16 ( c. A.D. 266) ηὐεργετημένοι , al. See also P Thead 20 .13 (iv/A.D.) ἀξιοῦμεν τὸ νῦν τὴν σὴν ἀνδρίαν εὐεργε [τῆσαι ἡ ]μᾶς κα [τ ]ὰ τοὺς νόμους .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

εὐεργετέω [Etym: εὐεργέτης] "to do well, do good", Soph. c. acc. pers. "to do good services or shew kindness" to one, Aesch. , Eur. ; εὐεργεσίαν εὐεργ. τινά "to do" one a kindness, Plat. :—Pass. "to have a kindness done one", εὐεργεσίαν εὐεργετηθείς id=Eur.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

εὐεργετέω, -ῶ (εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Psa.13:6 (גָּמַל), Wis.3:5, al. ;] to do good, bestow benefit: Act.10:33.† (AS)

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