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The Greek noun “εὐδοκία”

Limited to Mt. 11:26; Lk. 2:14; 10:21; Rom. 10:1 (“desire”); Eph. 1:5, 9; Phil. 1:15; 2:13, 2 Thess. 1:11, the Greek noun “eudokia” meant “good will,” “pleasure,” “good pleasure,” “favor.”  This noun denotes “the will or pleasure of man” (Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 2:818) as well as “the divine good pleasure” (ibid).