Lexicon hédista: most gladly. Original Word: ἥδισταPart of Speech: Adverb, Superlative Transliteration: hédista Phonetic Spelling: (hay'-dis-tah) Short Definition: most gladly, pleasantly Definition: most gladly, most pleasantly. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2236 hḗdista (an adverb) – "most sweetly" (gladly); the sweetest (2 Cor 12:9,15), functioning as the superlative (-est) form of hēdys ("sweet") emphasizing an action done with full gladness (no regret or reservation). See 2234 (hēdeōs). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originsuperl. from the same as hédeós, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 2236: ἥδισταἥδιστα (neuter plural of the superlative ἥδιστος from ἡδύς), adverb, most gladly (cf. ἡδέως): 2 Corinthians 12:9, 15. ( Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
Strong's most gladly. Neuter plural of the superlative of the same as hedeos; with great pleasure -- most (very) gladly. see GREEK hedeos |
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