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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:23 - Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:19 - “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:26 - Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:41 - That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:10 - Again, it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:2 - For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:27 - For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:20 - “Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
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