noun · feminine
eucharistias
Strong’sG2169
thankfulness, gratitude
stem eucharisti-15 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books6 of 10 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
εὐχαριστία means thankfulness, gratitude — an inward disposition of being thankful 1234.
It also means the giving of thanks, thanksgiving — the outward expression of gratitude, including as an act directed to God in worship 123.
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
** εὐχαριστία, -ας, ἡ
(< εὐχάριστος), [in LXX: Es 8:13, Wi 16:28, Si 37:11, II Mac 2:27 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2169 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-khar-is-tee'-ah
gratitude; actively, grateful language (to God, as an act of worship)
Fromfrom G2170;
King Jamesthankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving).
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
thankfulness, gratitude, Decrees cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; πρός τινα Refs 1st c.BC+; πρὸς τὸν θεόν Refs 4th c.BC+
2 giving of thanks, εἰς εὐ. θεοῦ NT+1st 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eucharistias2×εὐχαριστία | eucharistiais |
| object accusative | eucharistian4×εὐχαριστίαν | eucharistiain1×εὐχαριστίας |
| direct address vocative | eucharistiar | eucharistiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eucharistiau4×εὐχαριστίας | eucharistiaiu1×εὐχαριστιῶν |
| to, for dative | eucharistia3×εὐχαριστίᾳ | eucharistiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eucharistia 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
eucharistias“thanksgiving”subjectnominative singular2×
Ephesians 5:4… eutrapelias, heim ouk anēkate, alla mallon eucharistias.… are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Revelation 7:12“thanksgiving”… doxas kai tas sofias kai tas eucharistias kai tas timas kai tas dunamias …… Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength …
eucharistian“thanksgiving”objectaccusative singular4×
2 Corinthians 4:15… charitas pleonazarantas dia toiu polloteroiu tan eucharistian perisseuateia eis tan doxan tou theou.… more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of …
2 Corinthians 9:11… pantan haplotan, hotinas katergazotō dia nu eucharistian to theo… through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
1 Thessalonians 3:9tinan gar eucharistian dunonō to theo antapodōara peri vu …How can we adequately thank God for you in return for …
Revelation 4:9… teim zōeim doxan kai timan kai eucharistian to kathorōnto epi to throno, to …… living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the …
eucharistiau“thanksgiving”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Acts 24:3… pantachou apodechonō, kratistor Fēlikor, meta pantau eucharistiau.… Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
Philippians 4:6… ta proseucha kai ta deēsia meta eucharistiau teim aitēmeim vu gnōrizotōr pros ton …… everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
1 Timothy 4:3… tos theos ktizata eis metalēmpsian meta eucharistiau toi pistoi kai epignōskarēntoi tan alētheian.… has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know …
1 Timothy 4:4… theou kalem, kai oudenem apoblētem meta eucharistiau laborōntem,… and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
eucharistia“thanksgiving”to, fordative singular3×
1 Corinthians 14:16… legati tem Amēn epi ta sa eucharistia? epeidē tinem legasō ouk oidatē;… is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what …
Colossians 2:7“thanksgiving”… ta pistia kathōs didaskiva, perisseuarōntois en eucharistia.… established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 4:2“thanksgiving”… proseucha proskarteravōr, grēgorarōntois en auta en eucharistia,Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful …
eucharistiain“thanksgivings”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Timothy 2:1“thanksgivings”… prōtem panteiu poiorō deēsiain, proseuchain, enteuxiain, eucharistiain, huper pantoiu anthrōpoiu,First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
eucharistiaiu“thanksgivings”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
2 Corinthians 9:12“thanksgivings”… hagioiu, alla kai perisseuarōntas dia pollaiu eucharistiaiu to theo… of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.