eufēmias

Strong’sG2162

commendation, good report

stem eufēmi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** εὐφημία, -ας, ἡ

(< εὔφημος), [in Sm.: Ps 41 (42):5 46 (47):2 99 (100):2 125 (126):2 *;]

good report, praise: opp. to δυσφημία, II Co 6:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2162 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-fay-mee'-ah

good language ("euphemy"), i.e. praise (repute)

Fromfrom G2163;

King Jamesgood report.

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

εὐφημ-ία, ἡ,
use of words of good omen, opposed to δυσφημία:
I abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence, εὐφημίαν ἴσχε, ={εὐφήμει}, Refs 5th c.BC+; εὐφημία ʼστω, εὐφημία ʼστω, as a proclamation of silence before a prayer, Refs 5th c.BC+
II in positive sense, auspiciousness, λόγων εὐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially a fair or honourable name for a bad thing, euphemism (as Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη, etc.), δι᾽ εὐφημίας Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 falsa lectio for{εὐφωνία}, Refs 4th c.BC+
III prayer and praise, worship, offered to the gods, Refs 5th c.BC+; ={εὐχή}, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 honour, good repute enjoyed by men, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἀθάνατος εὐ. D.S1.2; opposed to δυσφημία, NT; ἀδιάλειπτος Refs 1st c.AD+; ἡ ὕστερον εὐ. Refs 1st c.AD+; τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ.good repute, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ. Refs 2nd c.BC+; panegyric, Refs 4th c.AD+; ἡ εὐ. σου, as a form of address, Refs 4th c.AD+; αἱ εὐ. plaudits, acclamations in a local senate, 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.

good report1×

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	eufēmias	eufēmiais
object accusative	eufēmian	eufēmiain
direct address vocative	eufēmiar	eufēmiair
of, belonging to genitive	eufēmiau1×εὐφημίας	eufēmiaiu
to, for dative	eufēmia	eufēmiai

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

eufēmistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

eufēmia 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.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

eufēmiau“good report”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Corinthians 6:8“good report”… doxau kai atimiau, dia dusfēmiau kai eufēmiau; hōs planois kai alēthois,through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet …