Prosper

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1euodooG2137

"to help on one's way" (eu, "well," hodos, "a way or journey"), is used in the Passive Voice signifying "to have a prosperous journey," Rom 1:10; metaphorically, "to prosper, be prospered," 1Co 16:2, RV, "(as) he may prosper," AV, "(as God) hath prospered (him)," lit., "in whatever he may be prospered," i.e., in material things; the continuous tense suggests the successive circumstances of varying prosperity as week follows week; in 3Jo 1:2, of the "prosperity" of physical and spiritual health.