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Strong's G2137 εὐοδόω (euodoo)

euodoo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2137 — zekukith (“crystal”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2137
Language Greek
Linked Usages 66
Books 23

Strong's G2137 Quick Answer

Strong's G2137 εὐοδόω (euodoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. euodoo (yoo-od-oh'-o) v. 1. to help on the road 2. (passively) succeed in reaching It has 66 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include have, prospered, and prosper. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
euodoo (yoo-od-oh'-o) v. 1. to help on the road 2. (passively) succeed in reaching
Usage
66 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
have, prospered, and prosper

Meaning and Definition

euodoo (yoo-od-oh'-o) v. 1. to help on the road 2. (passively) succeed in reaching 3. (figuratively) to succeed in business affairs [from a compound of G2095 and G3598] KJV: (have a) prosper(-ous journey) Root(s): G2095, G3598

Original Word
εὐοδόω
Transliteration
euodoo
Derivation
Root: ὁδός R1: 2095 R2: 3598
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2137. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to get along well

Usage: εὐ-οδόω, -ῶ (ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for צָלַח hi. ;] to help on one's way (Soph., al.). Pass., to have a prosperous journey; metaphorically (Hdt., al.), to prosper, be prospered, be successful: 3Jn.2, Rom.1:10, 1Co.16:2 (on the tense, see M, Pr., 54; ICC, in l).† (AS)

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How Strong's G2137 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render euodoo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

have Romans 1:10 prosper 3 John 1:2 prospered 1 Corinthians 16:2

How Strong's G2137 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2137 (εὐοδόω) appears 65 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2137 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2137 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 1:10 KJV

Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

1 Corinthians 16:2 KJV

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

3 John 1:2 KJV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Strong's G2137 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 24:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, prosper my way before me today, and deal mercifully with my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.

Genesis 24:27 Septuagint / Brenton

and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.

Strong's G2137 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

21 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 6:9 Septuagint / Brenton

building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.

Tobit 4:6 Septuagint / Brenton

For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.

Tobit 5:22 Septuagint / Brenton

Then she made an end of weeping.

Usage Excerpts

First 66 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2137.

Genesis 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, prosper my way before me today, and deal mercifully with my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.
Genesis 24:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.
Genesis 24:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with thee, and shall prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.
Genesis 24:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraham, if thou prosperest my journey on which I am now going,
Genesis 24:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And being well pleased I worshiped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Genesis 24:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.
Genesis 39:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatsoever he happens to do.
Genesis 39:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
Joshua 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.
Judges 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Barak said to her, If thou wilt go with me, I will go; and if thou wilt not go, I will not go; for I know not the day on which the Lord prospers his messenger with me.
Judges 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, Inquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.
3 Kingdoms 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and the thing shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thy hands.
3 Kingdoms 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Micaiah, shall I go up to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1 Chronicles 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession come, and let them be gathered to us.
1 Chronicles 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, my son, the Lord shall be with thee, and prosper thee; and thou shalt build a house to the Lord thy God, as he spoke concerning thee.
1 Chronicles 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then will he prosper thee, if thou take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.
2 Chronicles 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and in whatever Solomon wished in his heart to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house, he prospered.
2 Chronicles 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
2 Chronicles 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to Judah, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us.
2 Chronicles 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and thou shalt prosper; and the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king.
2 Chronicles 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to the king, and the king said to him, Micaiah, shall I go up to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up, and thou shalt prosper, and they shall be given into your hands.
2 Chronicles 20:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and cried, and said, Hear me, Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem; put your trust in the Lord God, and your trust shall be honored; trust in his prophet, and ye shall prosper.
2 Chronicles 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sought the Lord in the days of Zechariah, who understood the fear of the Lord; and in his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him.
2 Chronicles 31:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.
2 Chronicles 32:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The same Hezekiah stopped up the course of the water of Gihon above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
2 Chronicles 35:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus they did till the morning. And they roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance; and boiled the holy pieces in copper vessels and caldrons, and the feast went on well, and they quickly served all the children of the people.
Ezra 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Nehemiah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Psalms 117:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity.
Proverbs 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
Proverbs 35:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 46:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought him; I have created and made him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.
Isaiah 48:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.
Isaiah 54:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them all; and thine adversaries shall be condemned thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and ye shall be righteous before me, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 55:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make thy ways prosperous, and will effect my commands.
Jeremiah 2:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou shalt go forth thence also with thy hands upon thy head; for the Lord has rejected thy hope, and thou shalt not prosper in it.
Jeremiah 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defense to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgments. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?
Daniel 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a sin offering was given for the sacrifice, and righteousness was cast down to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
Romans 1:10 New Testament, KJV
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
1 Corinthians 16:2 New Testament, KJV
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3 John 1:2 New Testament, KJV
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Esdras 6:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.
Tobit 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.
Tobit 5:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then she made an end of weeping.
Tobit 7:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the manner, for thou art her cousin, and she is thine, and the merciful God give you good success in all things.
Tobit 7:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he called his daughter Sarah, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them;
Tobit 10:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Raguel arose, and gave him Sarah his wife, and half his goods, servants, and cattle, and money:
Tobit 10:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to his daughter, Honor thy father and thy mother-in-law, which are now thy parents, that I may hear good report of thee. And he kissed her. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sarah before I die, that I may rejoice before the Lord: behold, I commit my daughter unto thee, of special trust; wherefore do not entreat her evil.
Tobit 10:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Tobit 11:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for thou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for, behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
1 Maccabees 3:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.
1 Maccabees 4:55 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshiping and praising the God of heaven, who had given them good success.
1 Maccabees 14:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the holy place:
1 Maccabees 16:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
2 Maccabees 10:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
2 Maccabees 10:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The gift of the Lord remaineth with the godly, And his favor bringeth prosperity forever.
Wisdom of Sirach 15:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, And the Lord will prosper it.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper That which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, Unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: Yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!
Wisdom of Sirach 43:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
By him the end of them hath prosperous success, And by his word all things consist.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2137, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
3 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2137 FAQ

What does euodoo (εὐοδόω) mean?

Strong's G2137 is a Greek entry for G2137 εὐοδόω (euodoo). euodoo (yoo-od-oh'-o) v. 1. to help on the road 2. (passively) succeed in reaching

How many times is euodoo (εὐοδόω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 66 linked usages for Strong's G2137 across 23 books.

Where can I study euodoo (εὐοδόω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2137 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate euodoo (εὐοδόω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as have, prospered, and prosper. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2137 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 42 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 21 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2137, with linked reader references where each row is available.