Lexicon euphrainó: to cheer, make merry Original Word: εὐφραίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: euphrainó Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-frah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I cheer, am glad, make merry Definition: I cheer, make glad; generally mid. or pass: I am glad, make merry, revel, feast. HELPS word-Studies 2165 euphraínō – (from 2095 /eú, "good" and 5424 /phrḗn, "moderation as regulated by personal perspective") – properly, having a merry outlook (cheery state of mind) because feeling the sense of victory ("inner triumph"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom eu and phrénDefinitionto cheer, make merry NASB Translationcelebrate (5), glad (1), joyously living (1), makes...glad (1), merry (1), rejoice (4), rejoicing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2165: εὐφραίνωεὐφραίνω; passive, present ἐυφραίνομαι; imperfect εὐφραινόμην ( Acts 7:41, where a few manuscripts have ἠυφραίνω (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 162)); 1 aorist εὐφράνθην and L T Tr WH ηὐφράνθην ( Acts 2:26; see references in εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); 1 future εὐφρανθήσομαι; ( εὖ and φρήν); in the Sept. very often actively for שִׂמַּח to make joyful, and passive for שָׂמַח to be joyful, sometimes for רָנַן to sing; in Greek writings from Homer down; to gladden, make joyful: τινα, 2 Corinthians 2:2 (opposed to λύπειν). Passive to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice: absolutely, Luke 16:32; Acts 2:26 (from Psalm 15:9 ()); Romans 15:10 (fr. Deuteronomy 32:43); Galatians 4:27 (from Isaiah 54:1); Revelation 11:10; Revelation 12:12; ἐν τίνι, to rejoice in, be delighted with, a thing, Acts 7:41 (Xenophon, Hier. 1, 16); ἐπί τίνι, Revelation 18:20 L T Tr WH (for Rec. ἐπ' αὐτήν); of the merriment of a feast, Luke 12:19; Luke 15:23f, 29 (Deuteronomy 14:25 (); ); with λαμπρῶς added, to live sumptuously: Luke 16:19 (Homer, Odyssey 2, 311; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 7, 12).
Strong's make glad, be merry, rejoice. From eu and phren; to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice -- fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice. see GREEK eu see GREEK phren |
