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Strong's #21 - ἀγαλλιάω

Transliteration
agalliáō
Phonetics
ag-al-lee-ah'-o
Root Word (Etymology)
from agan (much) and (G242)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
1:19
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to exult, rejoice exceedingly, be exceeding glad
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1523 ‑ גּוּל (gheel, gool);  1984 ‑ הָלַל (haw‑lal');  2142 ‑ זָכַר (zaw‑kar');  5937 ‑ עָלַז (aw‑laz');  6670 ‑ צָהַל (tsaw‑hal');  7442 ‑ רָנַן (raw‑nan');  7797 ‑ שִׂישׂ (soos, sece);  8055 ‑ שָׂמַח (saw‑makh');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (11)
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 2
Acts 2
1 Peter 3
Revelation 1
NAS (15)
Matthew 1
Luke 3
John 2
Acts 3
1 Peter 5
Revelation 1
HCS (11)
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 2
Acts 2
1 Peter 3
Revelation 1
BSB (11)
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 2
Acts 2
1 Peter 3
Revelation 1
ESV (10)
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 2
Acts 2
1 Peter 2
Revelation 1
WEB (11)
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 2
Acts 2
1 Peter 3
Revelation 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀγαλλι-άω,

late form of ἀγάλλομαι,

rejoice exceedingly, Revelation 19:7 (v.l. ἀγαλλιώμεθα) ; ἠγαλλίᾱσα Luke 1:47, cf. POxy. 1592.4 (iii/iv A.D.): more common as D ἀγαλλιάομαι, LXX Isaiah 12:6, al.: fut. -άσομαι Psalms 5:11 : aor. ἠγαλλιᾱσάμην Psalms 16:2(15).2, John 8:56; ἠγαλλιάσθην ib. 5.35. This family of words seems also to have been used in malam partem,

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀγαλλιάομαι, see ἀγαλλιάω.

STRONGS NT 21: ἀγαλλιάω ἀγαλλιάω, (ῶ, and (but the active is not used except in Luke 1:47 (ἠγαλλίασα), in Revelation 19:7 (ἀγαλλιῶμεν) L T Tr WH (and in 1 Peter 1:8 WH Tr marginal reading (ἀγαλλιᾶτε), cf. WH's Appendix, p. 169)); 1 aorist ἠγαλλιασάμην, and (with a middle significance) ἠγαλλιάθην (John 5:35; Rec. ἠγαλλιάσθην); a word of Hellenistic coinage (from ἀγάλλομαι to rejoice, glory (yet cf. Buttmann, 51 (45))), often in the Sept. (for גִּיל, עָלַץ, רָנַן, שׂוּשׂ), to exult, rejoice exceedingly: Matthew 5:12; Luke 10:21; Acts 2:26; Acts 16:34; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 4:13; ἔν τίνι, 1 Peter 1:6, dative of the thing in which the joy originates (cf. Winers Grammar, § 33 a.; B. 185 (160)); but John 5:35 means, 'to rejoice while his light shone' (i. e. in (the midst of) etc.). ἐπί τίνι, Luke 1:47; followed by ἵνα, John 8:56 that he should see, rejoiced because it had been promised him that he should see. This divine promise was fulfilled to him at length in paradise; cf. Winers Grammar, 339 (318); B. 239 (206). On this word see Gelpke in the Studien und Kritiken for 1849, p. 645f.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀγαλλιάω , - ,

Hellenistic form of cl. ἀγάλλω , to glorify, mid. -ομαι , to exult in;

[in LXX (most freq. in Pss.) chiefly for H1523, H7442 pi.;]

to exult, rejoice greatly: seq. ἐπί , c. dat., Luke 1:47; c. dat. mod., 1 Peter 1:8, Revelation 19:7. Mid., with same sense: Matthew 5:12, Luke 10:21, Acts 2:26 Acts 16:34, 1 Peter 4:13; seq. ἴνα , John 8:56; ἐν , John 5:35 (1 aor. pass. perh. as mid.; but v. Mozley, Psalter, 5), 1 Peter 1:6 (Cremer, 590).†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
αγαλλιαθηναι ἀγαλλιαθῆναι αγαλλιάσεται αγαλλιασθε αγαλλιάσθε ἀγαλλιᾶσθε αγαλλιασθήναι αγαλλιάσθω αγαλλιάσθωσαν αγαλλιάσομαι αγαλλιασόμεθα αγαλλιάσονται αγαλλιασώμεθα αγαλλιάσωνται αγαλλιώμεθα αγαλλιωμεν ἀγαλλιῶμεν αγαλλιωμενοι αγαλλιώμενοι ἀγαλλιώμενοι αγαλλιώμενος αγάλματα ηγαλλιασάμεθα ηγαλλιάσαντο ηγαλλιασατο ηγαλλιάσατο ἠγαλλιάσατο ηγαλλίασε ηγαλλιασεν ἠγαλλίασεν ηγαλλιώμεθα agalliasthe agalliâsthe agalliathenai agalliathênai agalliathēnai agalliathē̂nai agalliomen agalliômen agalliōmen agalliō̂men agalliomenoi agalliōmenoi agalliṓmenoi egalliasato egalliásato ēgalliasato ēgalliásato egalliasen egallíasen ēgalliasen ēgallíasen
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