Thank, Thanks (Noun and Verb), Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thankworthy

for the meanings of which see GRACE, No. 1, is rendered "thank" in Luk 1:6-34; in Luk 17:9, "doth he thank" is lit., "hath he thanks to;" it is rendered "thanks (be to God)" in Rom 6:17, RV (AV, "God be thanked"); "thanks" in 1Co 15:57; in 1Ti 1:12, 2Ti 1:3, "I thank" is, lit., "I have thanks;" "thankworthy," 1Pe 2:19, AV (RV, "acceptable"). See ACCEPT, D, No. 2.

eu, "well," charizomai, "to give freely" (Eng., "eucharist"), denotes (a) "gratitude," "thankfulness," Act 24:3; (b) "giving of thanks, thanksgiving," 1Co 14:16, 2Co 4:15, 2Co 1:9-12 (plur.); Eph 5:4, Phi 4:6, Col 2:7, Col 4:2, 1Th 3:9 ("thanks"); 1Ti 2:1 (plur.); 1Ti 1:4-4, Rev 4:9, "thanks;" Rev 7:12.

akin to A, No. 2, "to give thanks," (a) is said of Christ, Mat 15:36, Mat 26:27, Mar 8:6, Mar 14:23, Luk 22:17, Luk 22:19, Joh 6:11, Joh 6:23, Joh 11:41, 1Co 11:24; (b) of the Pharisee in Luk 18:11 in his self-complacent prayer; (c) is used by Paul at the beginning of all his Epistles, except 2 Cor. (see, however, eulogetos in 2Co 1:3), Gal., 1 Tim., 2 Tim. (see however, charin echo, 2Ti 1:3), and Titus, (1) for his readers, Rom 1:8, Eph 1:16, Col 1:3, 1Th 1:2, 2Th 1:3 (cp. 1Th 2:13); virtually so in Phm 1:4; (2) for fellowship shown, Phi 1:3; (3) for God's gifts to them, 1Co 1:4; (d) is recorded (1) of Paul elsewhere, Act 27:35, Act 28:15, Rom 7:25, 1Co 1:14, 1Co 14:18; (2) of Paul and others, Rom 16:4, 1Th 2:13; of himself, representatively, as a practice, 1Co 10:30; (3) of others, Luk 17:16, Rom 14:6 (twice); 1Co 14:17, Rev 11:17; (e) is used in admonitions to the saints, the Name of the Lord Jesus suggesting His character and example, Eph 5:20, Col 1:12, Col 3:17, 1Th 5:18; (f) as the expression of a purpose, 2Co 1:11, RV; (g) negatively of the ungodly, Rom 1:21. "Thanksgiving" is the expression of joy Godward, and is therefore the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22); believers are encouraged to abound in it (e.g., Col 2:7, and see C, below).

in the Middle Voice, signifies "to make acknowledgement," whether of sins (to confess), or in the honor of a person, as in Rom 14:11, Rom 15:9 (in some mss. in Rev 3:5); this is the significance in the Lord's address to the Father, "I thank (Thee)," in Mat 11:25, Luk 10:21, the meaning being "I make thankful confession" or "I make acknowledgment with praise." See CONFESS, No. 2, CONSENT, PROMISE.

"to acknowledge fully, to celebrate fully (anti) in praise with thanksgiving," is used of Anna in Luk 2:38.

Note: For homologeo, rendered "giving thanks" in Heb 13:15 (RV, "make confession"), See CONFESS, A, No. 1 (d).

primarily, "gracious, agreeable" (as in the Sept., Pro 11:16, of a wife, who brings glory to her husband), then "grateful, thankful," is so used in Col 3:15.