Lexicon agalliaó: to exult, rejoice greatly Original Word: ἀγαλλιάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: agalliaó Phonetic Spelling: (ag-al-lee-ah'-o) Short Definition: I exult, am full of joy Definition: I exult, am full of joy. HELPS word-Studies 21 agalliáō (from agan, "much, very" and 242 /hállomai, "jump, leap") – properly, getting so glad one jumps in celebration; to exult (boast) because so experientially joyful. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom agallomai (to make glorious, exalt) Definitionto exult, rejoice greatly NASB Translationexultation (1), exulted (1), glad (2), greatly rejoice (2), rejoice (1), rejoiced (2), rejoiced greatly (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 21: ἀγαλλιάομαιἀγαλλιάομαι, see ἀγαλλιάω. STRONGS NT 21: ἀγαλλιάωἀγαλλιάω, (ῶ, and (but the active is not used except in Luke 1:47 (ἠγαλλίασα), in Revelation 19:7 (ἀγαλλιῶμεν) L T Tr WH (and in 1 Peter 1:8 WH Tr marginal reading (ἀγαλλιᾶτε), cf. WH's Appendix, p. 169)); 1 aorist ἠγαλλιασάμην, and (with a middle significance) ἠγαλλιάθην (John 5:35; Rec. ἠγαλλιάσθην); a word of Hellenistic coinage (from ἀγάλλομαι to rejoice, glory (yet cf. Buttmann, 51 (45))), often in the Sept. (for גִּיל, עָלַץ, רָנַן, שׂוּשׂ), to exult, rejoice exceedingly: Matthew 5:12; Luke 10:21; Acts 2:26; Acts 16:34; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 4:13; ἔν τίνι, 1 Peter 1:6, dative of the thing in which the joy originates (cf. Winers Grammar, § 33 a.; B. 185 (160)); but John 5:35 means, 'to rejoice while his light shone' (i. e. in (the midst of) etc.). ἐπί τίνι, Luke 1:47; followed by ἵνα, John 8:56 that he should see, rejoiced because it had been promised him that he should see. This divine promise was fulfilled to him at length in paradise; cf. Winers Grammar, 339 (318); B. 239 (206). On this word see Gelpke in the Studien und Kritiken for 1849, p. 645f.
Strong's rejoice greatly. From agan (much) and hallomai; properly, to jump for joy, i.e. Exult -- be (exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly). see GREEK hallomai |
