Quick Definition
commendation, good report
Strong's Definition
good language ("euphemy"), i.e. praise (repute)
Derivation: from G2163 (εὔφημος);
KJV Usage: good report
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐφημία, εὐφημίας, ἡ (εὔφημος, which see), properly, the utterance of good or auspicious words; hence, good report, praise: 2Co_6:8 (opp: to δυσφημία), as in Diodorus 1, 2 (4 edition, Dindorf); Aelian v. h. 3, 47. (In different senses in other authors from Pindar, Sophocles, and Plato down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐφημία euphēmia 1x
pr. use of words of good omen; hence, favorable expression, praise, commendation, 2Co_6:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** εὐφημία , -ας , ἡ
( < εὔφημος ),
[in Sm .: Psa_42:5 ; Psa_47:2 ; Psa_100:2 ; Psa_126:2 * ;]
good report, praise: opp . to δυσφημία , 2Co_6:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐφημία [page 266]
εὐφημία , which by derivation is = good φήμη , auspicious sound, came to be applied in a wider sense to reputation, as presumably in 2Co_6:8 , its only NT occurrence : cf. the letter addressed to a bishop, P Lond 891 .9 (iv/A.D.) (= III. p. 242, Chrest. I. p. 157 ) ἡ γὰρ εὐφημία σου , πάτερ , περιεκύκλωσεν τὸν κ [όσ ]μον ὅλον ὡς ἀγαθὸν πατέρα ( l. ἀγαθοῦ πατρός ), and from the inscrr. Michel 394 .39 (mid. i/B.C.) εἶναι θ᾽ ἑαυτ [ῷ ] . . τὴν πα [ρὰ ] πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐφημίαν , OGIS 339 .30 ( c. B.C. 120) περιτιθεὶς τὴν ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐφημίαν τῆι πάτριδι , and for the verb Syll 653 .89 (B.C. 91) ὅταν δὲ αἱ θυσίαι καὶ τὰ μυστήρια συντελεῖται , εὐφαμεῖν πάντας καὶ ἀκούειν τῶν παραγγελλομένων . From Menander we may cite Fragm. p. 194 τοὺς εὖ γεγονότας καὶ τεθραμμένους καλῶς | κἀν τοῖς κακοῖς δεῖ λόγον ἔχειν εὐφημίας , the well born and nicely nurtured must carefully abstain from evil speech even in misfortune, and ib. p. 89 εὐφημείσθω | τέμενος περὶ Λευκάδος ἀκτῆς , let the shrine be held in good repute along the Leucadian shore.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὐφημία εὐφημία, ἡ, [Etym: from εὔφημος] "the use of words of good omen", opp. to δυσφημία: "abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence", Trag. ; εὐφημίαν ἴσχε = εὐφήμει, Soph. ; εὐφημία 'στω, a proclamation of "silence" before a prayer, Ar. [Etym: :dnum [II.] in positive sense, "auspiciousness, fairness", Aeschin. :—esp. "a fair name" for a bad thing, "euphemism", id=Aeschin. ] "prayer and praise, worship, honour", Eur. ; in pl. "songs of praise, lauds", Pind.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐφημία, -ας, ἡ
(εὔφημος), [in Sm.: Psa.42:5 47:2 100:2 126:2 * ;]
good report, praise: opposite to δυσφημία, 2Co.6:8.†
(AS)