εὖ

eu\ eu\, adverb (properly,
eu\, the unused neuter of the adjective
eju?" in Homer), well:
eu\
pravssw, not as many interpreters take it, contrary to ordinary Greek usage, to do well i. e. act rightly (which in Greek is expressed by
ojrqw'" or
kalw'"
pravssw), but to be well off, fare well, prosper, (R. V. it shall be well with you) (Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; 2, 4, 6; 4, 2, 26; oec. 11, 8; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 1;
o{sti"
kalw'"
prattei,
oujciv
kaiv
eu\
prattei; Plato, Alc. i., p. 116 b.;
eij
eu\
prattousi
ajdikounte", Prot., p. 333 d.;
eij
tiv"
a[llo"
eu\
mevn
ejpoivhsen
uJma'"
eu\
pravttwn, Demosthenes 469, 14; and some began their letters with
eu\
pravttein, cf. ; Diogenes La?rtius 3, 61 and Menagius (Menage) in the place cited. In one passage alone, Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 14, the drift of the discussion permits Socrates to deviate from common usage by attaching to the phrase the notion of right conduct, acting well; (yet this sense occurs in ecclesiastical Greek, see e. g. Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 28 and Otto's note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word
pravssw, IV.));
i{na
eu\
soi
gevnhtai that it may be well, things may turn out well, with thee, (; (); ; (); Orat. Az. (i. e. Song of the Three Children) verse 6);
eu\
poiei'n
tina, to do one good, (here T omits the accusative; L Tr WH read the dative) (; (38) (i. e. Epistle Jer.); ; Xenophon, Cyril 1., 6, 30). In commendations,
eu\ (
dou'le
ajgaqev), "Well! Well done!" ,; RG; Xenophon, venat. 6, 20; see
eu\ge.*