εὐχᾰριστ-ος G2170
Thankful, grateful; characterized by appreciation and gratitude
This adjective describes the quality of being grateful, expressing thanks, or marked by appreciation. Paul instructs the Colossians to 'be thankful' (Colossians 3:15), making gratitude a defining characteristic of Christian community. The word indicates not just occasional thanks but an ongoing disposition of grateful appreciation for God's gifts and grace, the opposite of the entitled, complaining spirit.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul's instruction (Colossians 3:15) makes thankfulness the capstone of virtues that should characterize the believing community—after peace ruling in hearts comes gratitude as the natural response. The translations ('thankful,' 'agradecidos,' 'dankbar') emphasize the grateful disposition. This isn't circumstantial happiness but deep appreciation rooted in God's grace, a thankful heart even in difficulty because of who God is and what he's done through Christ. 1×
AR["شاكِرينَ"]·ben["কৃতজ্ঞ"]·DE["dankbar"]·EN["thankful"]·FR["εὐχάριστοι"]·heb["אסִירֵי-תּוֹדָה"]·HI["धन्यवअदि"]·ID["bersyukurlah"]·IT["eucharistoi"]·jav["sokur"]·KO["감사하는-자들이"]·PT["gratos"]·RU["благодарные"]·ES["agradecidos"]·SW["wenye-shukrani"]·TR["sukranlı"]·urd["شکرگزار"]
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
εὐχᾰριστ-ος, ον, agreeable, τινι τέχνη Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγοι Refs; - ότατα καὶ πιθανώτατα εἴρηκε Refs 2nd c.BC+; εὐχάριστα acceptable gifts, Refs 5th c.AD+. adverb -τως, τελευτᾶν τὸν βίον to die happily, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II grateful, thankful, NT+5th c.BC+ adverb -τως, διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα Refs 1st c.BC+ __III beneficent, θεοί Refs 2nd c.BC+; title of Ptolemy V, Refs; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς εὐ. Refs 1st c.BC+; βεβαιωτὴς (-ότης codices) εὐχάριστος, of God, Refs 1st c.AD+