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Dictionaries :: Gladness

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Below are articles from the following 2 dictionaries:
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g5479 Greek: chara

Gladness:

"joy, delight" (akin to A, No. 1 above), is rendered "gladness" in the AV of Mar 4:16; Act 12:14; Phl 2:29 (RV "joy," as elsewhere in both versions).
See JOY.

2 Strong's Number: g20 Greek: agalliasis

Gladness:

"exultation, exuberant joy" (akin to A, No. 2), is translated "gladness" in Luk 1:14; Act 2:6; Hbr 1:9; "joy" in Luk 1:44; "exceeding joy" in Jud 1:24. It indicates a more exultant "joy" than No. 1. In the Sept. this word is found chiefly in the Psalms, where it denotes "joy" in God's redemptive work, e.g., Psa 30:5; 42:4; 45:7, 15.
See JOY.

3 Strong's Number: g2167 Greek: euphrosune

Gladness:

"good cheer, joy, mirth, gladness of heart" (akin to A, No. 3), from eu, "well," and phren, "the mind," is rendered "gladness" in Act 2:28, RV (AV, "joy") and Act 14:17.
See JOY.

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