And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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εὐδοκέω
G2106 · eudokéō · yoo-dok-eh'-o · Greek
Strong’s definition
to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
KJV usage
:--think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.
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Mapped occurrences
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.