Lexical Definition

‎εὔφημος‎ eúphēmos (yoo'-fay-mos) commendable ^G:A
from ‎εὖ‎ and ‎φήμη‎

of good report.

• well spoken of, i.e. reputable

Abbott-Smith

εὔφημος, -ον (εὖ, φήμη), [in Sm.: Ps 62 (63):6* ;]
primarily, utter­ing words or sounds of good omen, hence,
1. avoiding ill-omened words, religiously silent.
2. fair-sounding, auspicious (R, mg., gracious): Phl 4:8.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

εὔφημος-ος,

Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη) uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__I abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e. religiously silent, εὔφημοςον.. κοίμησον στόμα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, [Refs]; εὔφημοςα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, [εὔφημοςος ἴσθι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 478; εὔ. πᾶς ἔστω λαός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 39 (\_anapaest meter\_). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 mild, softening [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Latin in meliorem partem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb comparative -ότερον [Refs]
__I.3 fair-spoken, εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II in positive sense, fair-sounding, auspicious, μῦθοι [εὔφημοςοι κέλαδοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1072 (Lyric poetry); εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς μοῦσαν θείατ᾽ ἀοιδοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 694 (Lyric poetry); Μούσης ἀνοίγειν.. εὔφημοςον στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1719 ">Refs 6th c.BC+]; εὔ. πόνοι pious, holy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα, [NT+5th c.BC+]. adverb -μως with or in words of good omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III laudatory, λόγοι εὔ. panegyrics, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Phil.4.8}