Definition

satisfaction, i.e. (subjectively) delight, or (objectively) kindness, wish, purpose

Etymology

from a presumed compound of G2095 (εὖ) and the base of G1380 (δοκέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• desire
• good pleasure (will)
• X seem good

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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