Definition

to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)

Etymology

from G2095 (εὖ) and G1380 (δοκέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• think good
• (be well) please(-d)
• be the good (have
• take) pleasure
• be willing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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