Thank, Thanks (Noun and Verb), Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thankworthy - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Thank, Thanks (Noun and Verb), Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thankworthy
[ A-1,Noun,G5485, charis ]for the meanings of which See GRACE, No. 1, is rendered thank" in Luke 6:32-Luke 6:34; in Luke 17:9, "doth he thank" is lit., "hath he thanks to;" it is rendered "thanks (be to God)" in Romans 6:17, RV (AV, "God be thanked"); "thanks" in 1 Corinthians 15:57; in 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:3, "I thank" is, lit., "I have thanks;" "thankworthy," 1 Peter 2:19, AV (RV, "acceptable"). See ACCEPT, D, No. 2.
[ A-2,Noun,G2169, eucharistia ]
eu, "well," charizomai, "to give freely" (Eng., "eucharist"), denotes
(a) "gratitude," "thankfulness," Acts 24:3;
(b) "giving of thanks, thanksgiving," 1 Corinthians 14:16; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:11-12 (plur.); Ephesians 5:4; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 2:7; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:9 ("thanks"); 1 Timothy 2:1 (plur.); 1 Timothy 4:3-4; Revelation 4:9, "thanks;" Revelation 7:12.
[ B-1,Verb,G2168, eucharisteo ]
akin to A, No. 2, "to give thanks,"
(a) is said of Christ, Matthew 15:36; Matthew 26:27; Mark 8:6; Mark 14:23; Luke 22:17, Luke 22:19; John 6:11, John 6:23; John 11:41; 1 Corinthians 11:24;
(b) of the Pharisee in Luke 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 2 Corinthians 1:3), Gal., 1 Tim., 2 Tim. (See however, charin echo, 2 Timothy 1:3), and Titus,
(1) for his readers, Romans 1:8; Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (cp. 1 Thessalonians 2:13); virtually so in Philemon 1:4;
(2) for fellowship shown, Philippians 1:3;
(3) for God's gifts to them, 1 Corinthians 1:4;
(d) is recorded
(1) of Paul elsewhere, Acts 27:35; Acts 28:15; Romans 7:25; 1 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Corinthians 14:18;
(2) of Paul and others, Romans 16:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; of himself, representatively, as a practice, 1 Corinthians 10:30;
(3) of others, Luke 17:16; Romans 14:6 (twice); 1 Corinthians 14:17; Revelation 11:17;
(e) is used in admonitions to the saints, the Name of the Lord Jesus suggesting His character and example, Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:18;
(f) as the expression of a purpose, 2 Corinthians 1:11, RV;
(g) negatively of the ungodly, Romans 1:21. "Thanksgiving" is the expression of joy Godward, and is therefore the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22); believers are encouraged to abound in it (e.g., Colossians 2:7, and See C, below).
[ B-2,Verb,G1843, exomologeo ]
in the Middle Voice, signifies "to make acknowledgement," whether of sins (to confess), or in the honor of a person, as in Romans 14:11; Romans 15:9 (in some mss. in Revelation 3:5); this is the significance in the Lord's address to the Father, "I thank (Thee)," in Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21, the meaning being "I make thankful confession" or "I make acknowledgment with praise." See CONFESS, No. 2, CONSENT, PROMISE.
[ B-3,Verb,G437, anthomologeomai ]
"to acknowledge fully, to celebrate fully (anti) in praise with thanksgiving," is used of Anna in Luke 2:38.
Note: For homologeo, rendered "giving thanks" in Hebrews 13:15 (RV, "make confession"), See CONFESS, A, No. 1
(d).
[ C-1,Adjective,G2170, eucharistos ]
primarily, "gracious, agreeable" (as in the Sept., Proverbs 11:16, of a wife, who brings glory to her husband), then "grateful, thankful," is so used in Colossians 3:15.