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Lexicon :: Strong's G20 - agalliasis

Aa
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 BoxLuk 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:46 - And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 - You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24 - Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
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