Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2165
εὐφραίνω
euphrainō · “to celebrate”
Used 14 times across 6 books
Definition
εὐφραίνω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂמַח, qal, pi. ;]
to cheer, gladden: with accusative of person(s), opposite to λυπεῖν, 2Co.2:2. Pass., to be happy, rejoice, make merry: Luk.15:32, Act.2:26" (LXX) Rom.15:10 (LXX), Gal.4:27 (LXX), Rev.11:10 12:12; before ἐν, Act.7:41; ἐπί with dative, Rev.18:20; of merry-making at a feast (3Ki.4:20; of. Kennedy, Sources, 155; Field, Notes, 69 f.), Luk.12:19 15:23-24, 29" (LXX) (λαμπρῶς) Luk.16:19.†
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂמַח, qal, pi. ;]
to cheer, gladden: with accusative of person(s), opposite to λυπεῖν, 2Co.2:2. Pass., to be happy, rejoice, make merry: Luk.15:32, Act.2:26" (LXX) Rom.15:10 (LXX), Gal.4:27 (LXX), Rev.11:10 12:12; before ἐν, Act.7:41; ἐπί with dative, Rev.18:20; of merry-making at a feast (3Ki.4:20; of. Kennedy, Sources, 155; Field, Notes, 69 f.), Luk.12:19 15:23-24, 29" (LXX) (λαμπρῶς) Luk.16:19.†
Where it appears
Luke6
Acts2
Romans1
2 Corinthians1
Galatians1
Revelation3
In the text
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.Luke 15:23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:Acts 7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.Romans 15:10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.2 Corinthians 2:2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
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