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Lexicon :: Strong's G20 - agalliasis

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ἀγαλλίασις
Transliteration
agalliasis (Key)
Pronunciation
ag-al-lee'-as-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:19,4

Strong’s Definitions

ἀγαλλίασις agallíasis, ag-al-lee'-as-is; from G21; exultation; specially, welcome:—gladness, (exceeding) joy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G20 in the following manner: gladness (3x), joy (1x), exceeding joy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G20 in the following manner: gladness (3x), joy (1x), exceeding joy (1x).

  1. exultation, extreme joy, gladness

    At feasts, people were anointed with the "oil of gladness". Hbr 1:9 alludes to this inaugural ceremony of anointing, and uses it as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which the Son of God has been exalted.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀγαλλίασις agallíasis, ag-al-lee'-as-is; from G21; exultation; specially, welcome:—gladness, (exceeding) joy.
STRONGS G20:
ἀγαλλίασις, -εως, ἡ (ἀγαλλιάω), not used by secular writers but often by the Sept.; exultation, extreme joy: Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46; Jude 1:24; Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8 (Ps. 45:8)) oil of gladness with which persons were anointed at feasts (Psalm 23:5), and which the writer, alluding to the inaugural ceremony of anointing, uses as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which the Son of God has been exalted.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
23:5; 44:8; 45:8
Luke
1:14; 1:44
Acts
2:46
Hebrews
1:9
Jude
1:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G20 matches the Greek ἀγαλλίασις (agalliasis),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - “And you will have joy and gladness G20, and many will rejoice at his birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - “For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy G20.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:46 - And daily devoting themselves with one accord in the temple and breaking bread [fn]from house to house, they were taking their [fn]meals together with gladness G20 and [fn]sincerity of heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 -

“YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS;

THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU

WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS G20 ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24 -

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great G20 joy G20,

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