King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G16
Transliteration: agathopoiia
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ath-op-oy-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: welldoing
Meaning: welldoing
ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ (WH (see Iota)), (ας, ἡ, a course of right action, well-doing: ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ, 1 Peter 4:19 equivalent to ἀγαθοποιοῦντες acting uprightly (cf. xii. Patr. Jos. § 18); if we read here with L Tr marginal reading ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐαις we must understand it of single acts of rectitude (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2). (In ecclesiastical writings ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ denotes beneficence.)
Word Summary
agathopoiia: welldoing
Original Word: ἀγαθοποιΐαTransliteration: agathopoiia
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ath-op-oy-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: welldoing
Meaning: welldoing
Strong's Concordance
well-doing. From agathopoios; well-doing, i.e. Virtue -- well-doing.
see GREEK agathopoios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 16: ἀγαθοποιΐᾳἀγαθοποιΐᾳ (WH (see Iota)), (ας, ἡ, a course of right action, well-doing: ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ, 1 Peter 4:19 equivalent to ἀγαθοποιοῦντες acting uprightly (cf. xii. Patr. Jos. § 18); if we read here with L Tr marginal reading ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐαις we must understand it of single acts of rectitude (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2). (In ecclesiastical writings ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ denotes beneficence.)