Lexical Summary eucharistia: thankfulness, giving of thanks Original Word: εὐχαριστίαTransliteration: eucharistia Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-khar-is-tee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: thankfulness, giving of thanks Meaning: thankfulness, giving of thanks Strong's Concordance thankfulness, thanksgiving. From eucharistos; gratitude; actively, grateful language (to God, as an act of worship) -- thankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving). see GREEK eucharistos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2169: εὐχαριστίαεὐχαριστία, εὐχαριστίας, ἡ (εὐχάριστος, which see); 1. thankfulness: decree of the Byzantines in Demosthenes, p. 256, 19; Polybius 8, 14, 8; Additions to Esther 6:4 2. the giving of thanks: Acts 24:3; for God's blessings, 1 Corinthians 14:16; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Ephesians 5:4 (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:18); Philippians 4:6; Colossians 2:7; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 7:12; with the dative of the person to whom thanks are given: τῷ Θεῷ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 3; (Buttmann, 180 (156)); Kühner, § 424, 1), 2 Corinthians 9:11 (τοῦ Θεοῦ, Wis. 16:28); in plural, 2 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Timothy 2:1. |