εὔφημ-ος G2163
Commendable, praiseworthy, honorable; worthy of good report or approval
This adjective describes what is worthy of praise or commendation, deserving favorable report. Paul uses it in his famous virtue list in Philippians 4:8: 'whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable—think about these things.' The word indicates what merits approval and should occupy believers' thoughts, the excellent things worthy of meditation rather than base or trivial matters.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Philippians 4:8 presents this term in a crescendo of virtues that should govern Christian thinking. After truth, honor, justice, purity, and loveliness comes this quality of being praiseworthy or commendable. The translations ('commendable,' 'de-buena-fama,' 'ehrbar') emphasize what deserves good report. Paul instructs believers to curate their thought-life intentionally, dwelling on what is genuinely excellent and worthy of praise rather than letting minds wander toward the dishonorable. 1×
AR["حَسَنُ-الصّيتِ"]·ben["সুখ্যাত"]·DE["ehrbar"]·EN["commendable"]·FR["εὔφημα"]·heb["מְהֻלָּל;"]·HI["सुशोभित;"]·ID["terpuji"]·IT["euphēma"]·jav["patut-dipunpuji"]·KO["추천할;"]·PT["é-de-boa-fama"]·RU["достославно"]·ES["de-buena-fama"]·SW["sifa-njema"]·TR["iyi-sohretli"]·urd["خوش-نام"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
εὔφημ-ος, Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη) uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός Refs 4th c.BC+ __I abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e. religiously silent, εὔφημον.. κοίμησον στόμα Refs 4th c.BC+; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, Refs 5th c.BC+; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, Refs; εὔφημα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, Refs 5th c.BC+…