Lexicon agalliasis: exultation, exuberant joy Original Word: ἀγαλλίασις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agalliasis Phonetic Spelling: (ag-al-lee'-as-is) Short Definition: exultation, exhilaration Definition: wild joy, ecstatic delight, exultation, exhilaration. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 20 agallíasis (from 21 /agalliáō, "to exalt") – exuberant joy; "intense joy and gladness" (L&N, 1, 25.132; "exultant joy" (WS, 135). See 21 (agalliaō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom agalliaóDefinitionexultation, exuberant joy NASB Translationgladness (3), great joy (1), joy (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 20: ἀγαλλίασιςἀγαλλίασις, (εως, ἡ ( ἀγαλλιάω), not used by secular writers but often by the Sept.; exultation, extreme joy: Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46; Jude 1:24; Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8 ()) oil of gladness with which persons were anointed at feasts (Psalm 23:5), and which the writer, alluding to the inaugural ceremony of anointing, uses as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which the Son of God has been exalted.
Strong's gladness, exceeding joy. From agalliao; exultation; specially, welcome -- gladness, (exceeding) joy. see GREEK agalliao |
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