Lexicon hilaros: cheerful Original Word: ἱλαρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hilaros Phonetic Spelling: (hil-ar-os') Short Definition: joyous, cheerful Definition: joyous, cheerful, not grudging. HELPS word-Studies 2431 hilarós – properly, propitious; disposed because satisfied – describing someone who is cheerfully ready to act because already approving ("already persuaded"). 2431 /hilarós ("won over, already inclined") is only used in 2 Cor 9:7 where it describes spontaneously non-reluctant giving. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as hileósDefinitioncheerful NASB Translationcheerful (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2431: ἱλαρόςἱλαρός, ἱλαρα, ἱλαρόν ( ἴλαος propitious), cheerful, joyous, prompt to do anything: 2 Corinthians 9:7; Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 22:8; Sir. 13:26 ( ); ; 3Macc. 6:35; Aristophanes, Xenophon, others.
Strong's cheerful. From the same as hileos; propitious or merry ("hilarious"), i.e. Prompt or willing -- cheerful. see GREEK hileos |
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