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Lexicon :: Strong's G2165 - euphrainō

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εὐφραίνω
Transliteration
euphrainō (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-frah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
14x in 13 unique form(s) TR
14x in 14 unique form(s) LXX
195x in 57 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:772,278

Strong’s Definitions

εὐφραίνω euphraínō, yoo-frah'-ee-no; from G2095 and G5424; to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice:—fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G2165 in the following manner: rejoice (6x), be merry (3x), make merry (3x), fare (1x), make glad (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G2165 in the following manner: rejoice (6x), be merry (3x), make merry (3x), fare (1x), make glad (1x).

  1. to gladden, make joyful

    1. to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice

    2. to rejoice in, be delighted with a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐφραίνω euphraínō, yoo-frah'-ee-no; from G2095 and G5424; to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice:—fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
STRONGS G2165:
εὐφραίνω; passive, present ἐυφραίνομαι; imperfect εὐφραινόμην (Acts 7:41, where a few manuscripts have ἠυφρ. [cf. WH's Appendix, p. 162]); 1 aorist εὐφράνθην and L T Tr WH ηὐφρ. (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: τινά, 2 Corinthians 2:2 (opposed to λυπεῖν). Passive to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice: absolute, Luke 15:32; Acts 2:26 (from Psalm 15:9 (Ps. 16:9)); Romans 15:10 (from Deuteronomy 32:43); Galatians 4:27 (from Isaiah 54:1); Revelation 11:10; Revelation 12:12; ἔν τινι, to rejoice in, be delighted with, a thing, Acts 7:41 (Xenophon, Hier. 1, 16); ἐπί τινι, 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 (Deuteronomy 14:26); Deuteronomy 27:7); with λαμπρῶς added, to live sumptuously: Luke 16:19 (Homer, Odyssey 2, 311; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 7, 12).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
14:25; 14:26; 27:7; 32:43
Psalms
16:9
Isaiah
54:1
Luke
12:19; 15:23; 15:29; 15:32; 16:19
Acts
2:26; 2:26; 7:41; 7:41
Romans
15:10
2 Corinthians
2:2
Galatians
4:27
Revelation
11:10; 12:12; 18:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2165 matches the Greek εὐφραίνω (euphrainō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:23 - and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:19 - Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:26 -
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:41 - And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:10 - And again he saith,
Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:2 - For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:27 - For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:20 - Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
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