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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 76 times in 74 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 1:20–Psa 118:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 - Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:11 - But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 - I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:14 - that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in your salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:5 - May we shout for joy over your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our banners!
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices,
and in your salvation how greatly he exults!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 - For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.[fn]
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have known the distress of my soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:9 - Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD,
exulting in his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:27 - Let those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad
and say evermore,
“Great is the LORD,
who delights in the welfare of his servant!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 - But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:4 - These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:11 - Let Mount Zion be glad!
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 - God has spoken in his holiness:[fn]
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:5 - My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4 - Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:4 - May all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you!
May those who love your salvation
say evermore, “God is great!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:23 - My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:9 - But I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 - My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south, you have created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 - who exult in your name all the day
and in your righteousness are exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:14 - Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:4 - For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 - let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:8 - Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:8 - Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:22 - And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,

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