Word Summary
euodoō: to have a prosperous journey
Original Word: εὐοδόωTransliteration: euodoō
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-od-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have a prosperous journey
Meaning: to have a prosperous journey
Strong's Concordance
succeed, have a prosperous journey.
From a compound of eu and hodos; to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs -- (have a) prosper(-ous journey).
see GREEK eu
see GREEK hodos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2137: εὐοδόωεὐοδόω,
ἐυοδω: (passive, present
ἐυοδοῦμαι; future
εὐοδωθήσομαι; 1 aorist subjunctive
εὐοδώθη,
1 Corinthians 16:2 WH marginal reading who regard the
εὐοδῶται of the text here as perfect (either indicative or subjunctive) see their Appendix, p. 172); (
εὔοδος); the
Sept. principally for
צָלַח and
הִצְלִיחַ;
to grant a prosperous and expeditious journey, to lead by a direct and easy way:
Genesis 24:48: much more frequent tropically,
to grant a successful issue, to cause to prosper:
τί, as
τήν ὁδόν τίνος,
Genesis 24:21, 40;
Isaiah 55:11, etc.;
τά ἔργα τίνος, Wis. 11:1; in the passive always tropical,
to prosper, be successful: of persons,
Joshua 1:8;
Proverbs 28:13;
2 Chronicles 13:12;
2 Chronicles 18:11, etc.;
3 John 1:2;
εἴπως εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐλθεῖν if haply I shall be so fortunate as to come, Romans 1:10; of things: 2 Esdr. 5:8; Tobit 4:19; 1 Macc. 3:6, etc.;
τῷ Κλεομενει εὐωδώθη τό πρῆγμα,
Herodotus 6, 73;
ὁ,
τί ἄν εὐοδῶται (see above, at the beginning) whatever (business) has prospered, i. e. (contextually) its gains,
1 Corinthians 16:2.
STRONGS NT 2137b: εὐπάρεδροςεὐπάρεδρος, εὐπάρεδρον (εὖ, and πάρεδρος (sitting beside)), sitting constantly by; assiduous: πρός τό εὐπάρεδρον τῷ κυρίῳ, that ye may be constantly devoted to the Lord and his cause, 1 Corinthians 7:35, for Rec. εὐπρόσεδρον, which does not differ in sense (A. V. attend upon). (Hesychius εὐπάρεδρον καλῶς παραμενον.)