Enthusiasm
εὔνοιαStrong’s G2133eunoia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eunoia is the Greek word usually translated “good will”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
Meaning
Usually translated “good will”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- good will 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Ephesians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
εὔνοια eunoia · enthusiasm
εὔνοια, -ας, ἡ (εὔνοος), [in LXX: Est.2:23, al. ;] goodwill: Eph.6:7 (of slaves; cf. MM, Exp., xiv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enthusiasm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENTHU'SIASM, noun
enthuziazm. [Gr. to infuse a divine spirit, inspired, divine; God.]
- A belief or conceit of private revelation; the vain confidence or opinion of a person, that he has special divine communications from the Supreme Being, or familiar intercourse with him.
- Heat of imagination; violent passion or excitement of the mind, in pursuit of some object, inspiring extravagant hope and confidence of success.
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.