verb
eucharistamō
Strong’sG2168
I thank, give thanks
stem eucharist-38 times in the New Testamentin 15 of 27 books13 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
To give thanks, be thankful — to express gratitude, especially toward God 1234. The word is used specifically for giving thanks before eating, as in saying grace at a meal 12. In the passive form it can describe being thanked, or being received with thanks 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
** εὐχαριστέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Jth 8:25 Wi 18:2, II Mac 1:11 10:7 A II Mac 12:31 R, III Mac 7:16 *;]
SYN.: v.s. αἰνέω; and cf. Cremer, 903 f
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2168 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-khar-is-teh'-o
to be grateful, i.e. (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal
Fromfrom G2170;
King James(give) thank(-ful, -s).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
bestow a favour on, oblige, τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Δηλίων Refs 3rd c.BC+; τινι Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 to be thankful, return thanks, Decrees cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῖς Αθηναίοις Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐπί τινι or περί τινος for a thing, Refs 2nd c.BC+; especially to the gods, ἐπὶ τῷ ἐρρῶσθαί σε τοῖς θεοῖς εὐ. NT+2nd c.BC+:—passive, to be thanked, ηὐχαρίστηται κεραυνοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; to be received with thanks, NT
3 pray, τῷ θεῷ περί τινος Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eucharistamōεὐχαριστῶ | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | thank | 10× |
| eucharistasōεὐχαριστεῖς | happening now · youpresent active indicative 2nd person singular | giving thanks | 1× |
| eucharistatōεὐχαριστεῖ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | gives thanks | 2× |
| eucharistanōΕὐχαριστοῦμεν | happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural | thank | 4× |
| eucharistataεὐχαρίστησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | gave thanks | 1× |
| eucharistalaηὐχαρίστησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | give thanks | 1× |
| eucharistiteiaεὐχαριστηθῇ | happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular | give thanks | 1× |
| eucharistavōrεὐχαριστεῖτε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | give thanks | 1× |
| eucharistarōΕὐχαριστεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | give thanks | 2× |
| eucharistarōntosεὐχαριστῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | thanked | 2× |
| eucharistarōntoisεὐχαριστοῦντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | giving thanks | 3× |
| eucharistarantosεὐχαριστήσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | given thanks | 9× |
| eucharistarantouεὐχαριστήσαντος | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine | given thanks | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 19 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistamō10×εὐχαριστῶ | eucharistame | eucharistami | eucharistama | eucharistamē | eucharistamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistasō1×εὐχαριστεῖς | eucharistase | eucharistasi | eucharistasa | eucharistasē | eucharistaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistatō2×εὐχαριστεῖ | eucharistate | eucharistati | eucharistata1×εὐχαρίστησεν | eucharistatē | eucharistatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistanō4×Εὐχαριστοῦμεν | eucharistane | eucharistani | eucharistana | eucharistanē | eucharistanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistavō | eucharistave | eucharistavi | eucharistava | eucharistavē | eucharistavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistalō | eucharistale | eucharistali | eucharistala1×ηὐχαρίστησαν | eucharistalē | eucharistalelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistomō | eucharistome | eucharistomē | eucharistomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistosō | eucharistose | eucharistosē | eucharistoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistotō | eucharistote | eucharistotē | eucharistotelē |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistonō | eucharistone | eucharistonē | eucharistonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistovō | eucharistove | eucharistovē | eucharistovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistolō | eucharistole | eucharistolē | eucharistolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistimi | eucharistima |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistisi | eucharistisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistiti | eucharistita |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistini | eucharistina |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistivi | eucharistiva |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistili | eucharistila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistameiō | eucharistameia | eucharistameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistaseiō | eucharistaseia | eucharistaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistateiō | eucharistateia | eucharistateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistaneiō | eucharistaneia | eucharistaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistaveiō | eucharistaveia | eucharistaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistaleiō | eucharistaleia | eucharistaleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistomeiō | eucharistomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistoseiō | eucharistoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistoteiō | eucharistoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistoneiō | eucharistoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistoveiō | eucharistoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistoleiō | eucharistoleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistiseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistiteia1×εὐχαριστηθῇ |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistiveia |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistileia |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistasōr | eucharistasar | eucharistasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistatōr | eucharistatar | eucharistatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistavōr1×εὐχαριστεῖτε | eucharistavar | eucharistavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistalōr | eucharistalar | eucharistalēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistosōr | eucharistosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistotōr | eucharistotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistovōr | eucharistovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistolōr | eucharistolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistivar |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistamoiō | eucharistamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistasoiō | eucharistasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistatoiō | eucharistatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistanoiō | eucharistanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistavoiō | eucharistavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistaloiō | eucharistaloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistoloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eucharistimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eucharistisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eucharistitoia |
| we 1st person plural | eucharistinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eucharistivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eucharistiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eucharistarō2×Εὐχαριστεῖν | eucharistari | eucharistara | eucharistarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eucharistorō | eucharistorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | eucharistiri | eucharistira |
Used as an adjective — participle, 15 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eucharistarōntos5×εὐχαριστῶν | eucharistarintos | eucharistarantos10×εὐχαριστήσας | eucharistarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eucharistorōntos | eucharistorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | eucharistirintos | eucharistirantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eucharist is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
38 occurrences, every one of them listed
eucharistamō“thank”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular10×
Luke 18:11… pros heauton houteim proseuchote; Tos theor, eucharistamō si hoti ouk amō hōsper tois …… by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like …
John 11:41… toin ofthalmoin anō kai legata; Patror, eucharistamō si hoti akouasa mu,… eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
Romans 1:8Prōtem men eucharistamō to theo mu dia Iēsu Christou …First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for …
Romans 16:4“give thanks”… trachēlon hupotithala, hoi ouk mis monos eucharistamō alla kai pantais tais ekklēsais teiu …who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are …
1 Corinthians 1:4Eucharistamō to theo mu pantote peri vu …I always thank my God for you because of …
1 Corinthians 1:14eucharistamō hoti oudenon vu baptizama ei mē …I thank God that I did not baptize …
1 Corinthians 10:30… metechamō, tinem blasfēmomō huper heu mis eucharistamō?… because of that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians 14:18eucharistamō to theo, pantoiu vu mallon glōssai …I thank God that I speak in tongues …
Philippians 1:3Eucharistamō to theo mu epi panta ta …I thank my God every time I remember …
Philemon 1:4Eucharistamō to theo mu pantote mneian su …I always thank my God, remembering you in my …
eucharistasō“giving thanks”happening now · youpresent active indicative 2nd person singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:17sis men gar kalōs eucharistasō, alla tos heteros ouk oikodomotō.You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one …
eucharistatō“gives thanks”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Romans 14:6… fronatō. kai tos esthiarōntos kurio esthiatō, eucharistatō gar to theo; kai tos mē …… so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains …
Romans 14:6… mē esthiarōntos kurio ouk esthiatō, kai eucharistatō to theo.… does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
eucharistanō“thank”happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural4×
Colossians 1:3Eucharistanō to theo patro tou kuriou nu …We always thank God, the Father of our Lord …
1 Thessalonians 1:2“give thanks”Eucharistanō to theo pantote peri pantoiu vu …We always thank God for all of you, remembering you …
1 Thessalonians 2:13Kai dia houtem kai nis eucharistanō to theo adialeiptōs, hoti paralabarantois logon …And we continually thank God because, when you received the …
Revelation 11:17legarōntois; Eucharistanō si, kurior, tos theor, tos pantokratoror, …saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty …
eucharistata“gave thanks”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 27:35legarantos de houteim kai labarantos arton eucharistata to theo enōpion pantoiu kai klarantos …… said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them …
eucharistala“give thanks”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Romans 1:21“give thanks”… theon ouk hōs theon doxazala ē eucharistala, alla mataiila en toi dialogismoi autoiu …… they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened …
eucharistiteia“give thanks”happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 1:11… tem eis nin charismem dia polloiu eucharistiteia huper nu.… by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor …
eucharistavōr“give thanks”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
1 Thessalonians 5:18en pante eucharistavōr; houtem gar thelēmem theou en Christo …Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is …
eucharistarō“give thanks”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive2×
2 Thessalonians 1:3“give thanks”Eucharistarō ofeilanō to theo pantote peri vu, …… to thank God for you all the …
2 Thessalonians 2:13“give thanks”Nis de ofeilanō eucharistarō to theo pantote peri vu, adelfoir …But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are …
eucharistarōntos“thanked”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine2×
Luke 17:16“thanked”… epi prosōpem para toin podoin autou eucharistarōntos auto; kai autos ate Samaritos.… fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him — and he was a Samaritan.
Ephesians 1:16ouk pauomō eucharistarōntos huper vu mneian poiorōntos epi taiu …I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my …
eucharistarōntois“giving thanks”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine3×
Ephesians 5:20eucharistarōntois pantote huper panteiu en onome tou …always giving thanks to God the Father for everything …
Colossians 1:12eucharistarōntois to patro to hikanaranto vin eis …giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified …
Colossians 3:17… erge, panteim en onome kuriou Iēsu, eucharistarōntois to theo patro dia autou.… the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
eucharistarantos“given thanks”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine9×
Matthew 15:36“given thanks”… hepta artoin kai toin ichthoin kai eucharistarantos klata kai dōate toi mathētoi tois …Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to …
Matthew 26:27“giving thanks”kai labarantos potēriem kai eucharistarantos dōata autoi legarōntos; Pinavar ek auteu …Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of …
Mark 8:6“given thanks”… gēau; kai labarantos toin hepta artoin eucharistarantos klata kai dōate toi mathētoi autou …… on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
Mark 14:23“giving thanks”kai labarantos potēriem eucharistarantos dōata autoi, kai pinala ek auteu …Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
Luke 22:17“giving thanks”kai decherantos potēriem eucharistarantos legata; Labavar houtem kai diamerizavar eis …… taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.
Luke 22:19“given thanks”kai labarantos arton eucharistarantos klata kai dōata autoi legarōntos; Houtem …And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My …
John 6:11“given thanks”… oun toin artoin tos Iēsus kai eucharistarantos diadōata toi anakeiorōntoi, homoiōs kai ek …Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much …
Acts 28:15“thanked”… Treis Tabernaiu, hoin horarantos tos Paulos eucharistarantos to theo labata tharsem.… and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
1 Corinthians 11:24kai eucharistarantos klata kai legata; Houtem mu atō …and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This …
eucharistarantou“given thanks”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine1×
John 6:23… tou topou hopou esthiala ton arton eucharistarantou tou kuriou.… the bread after the Lord had given thanks.