Well/well done!
εὖStrong’s G2095eu
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eu is the Greek word usually translated “well done”, “well” and “good”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
Meaning
Usually translated “well done”, “well” and “good”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- well done 2
- well 2
- good 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
- Ephesians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 25:23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Mark 14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
- Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- Ephesians 6:3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Greek dictionary
εὖ eu · well/well done!
εὖ adv. (prop. neuter of old Epic ἐΰς, good, noble) [in LXX, εὖ γίγνεσθαι, εὖ ποιεῖν (יָטַב) ;] well: εὖ γιν., Eph.6:3 (LXX); εὖ ποιεῖν, with dative (cf. Sir.12:1-2), to do good, Mrk.14:7 (where Nestle suggests εὐποιεῖν, which see); εὖ πράσστειν, to fare well, Act.15:29; in replies (= εὖγε), good! well done! Mat.25:21, 23 Luk.19:17 (εὖγε, WH, txt.).† εὖ-γε, adv., in replies, well! good! well done!: Luk.19:17 (WH for Rec. εὖ, which see).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “well” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WELL, noun
[G., a spring; to spring, to issue forth, to gush, to well to swell. G., a wave. On this word I suppose swell to be formed.]
- A spring; a fountain; the issuing of water from the earth.
- A pit or cylindrical hole, sunk perpendicularly into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, and walled with stone to prevent the earth from caving in.
- In ships, an apartment in the middle of a ships hold, to inclose the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck.
- In a fishing vessel, an apartment in the middle of the hold, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated int he bottom to let in fresh water for the preservation of fish, while they are transported to market.
All definitions
- In the military art, a hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.