ἀγαλλίασις
agalliasis · great joy
Greek word · Strong’s number G20 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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agalliasis (ἀγαλλίασις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “great joy”.
Gladness, exultation.
How to say it
a·gal·li·a·sis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Overflowing delight.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gladness ×3
- joy ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 1:14
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth;
- Luke 1:44
For look, when the sound of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in joy in my womb.
- Acts 2:46
And every day continuing with one mind in the temple and breaking bread at home, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
- Hebrews 1:9
You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.
- Jude 1:24
Now to the one who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glory without defect with great joy,