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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2236 - ἥδιστα

Transliteration

hḗdista

Phonetics

hay'-dis-tah

Origin

plural of the superlative of the same as (G2234)

Parts of Speech

superlative

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

most gladly

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

2 Corinthians 2

BSB (2)

2 Corinthians 2

CSB (2)

2 Corinthians 2

ESV (2)

2 Corinthians 2

KJV (2)

2 Corinthians 2

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (2)

2 Corinthians 3

WEB (2)

2 Corinthians 2

YLT (2)

2 Corinthians 2

ASV (2)

most gladly 1

will most gladly 1

BSB (2)

gladly 1

will} most gladly 1

CSB (2)

gladly 2

ESV (2)

gladly 1

most gladly 1

KJV (2)

gladly 2

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (2)

glad 1

gladly 1

WEB (2)

most gladly 1

will most gladly 1

YLT (2)

most gladly 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV-S 2

ANT

ADV-S 2

BEZ

Adv-S 2

BGB

ADV-S 2

BMT

ADV-S 2

BYZ

ADV-S 2

ELZ

A-APNS 2

NA26

A-APNS 2

SBL

ADV-S 2

SCV

ADV-S 2

STV

ADV-S 2

TIS

ADV-S 2

A-APN-S 2

TRG

A-APNS 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἡìδιστα

Neuter plural of the superlative of the same as G2234

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἥδιστα (neuter plural of the superlative ἥδιστος from ἡδύς), adverb, most gladly (cf. ἡδέως): 2 Corinthians 12:9, 15. (Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἥδιστα , see ἡδέως G2234.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Oxy VII. 1061.21 (B.C. 22) σὺ δὲ γράφε ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐὰν θέλῃς καὶ ἥδιστα ποιήσωι, P Lond 897.8 (A.D. 84) (= III. p. 207) ἥδιστα πάντας καταλείψωι εἵνα μὴ τὴν πρός σε φιλείαν καταλείψωι, P Oxy VI. 933.5 (late ii/A.D.) ἥδιστά σε ἀσπάζομ [αι. For a good ex. of the elative ἥδιστα see the Bezan addition in Acts 13:6 ἐπειδὴ ἥδιστα ἤκουεν αὐτῶν : cf. 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 12:15.

The adj. is found in a medical prescription of ii/iii A.D., P Oxy II. 234.39 λιβ ]ανωτὸν οἴνῳ [διεὶ ]ς ἡδίστῳ κλύζε [τὸ ο ]ὖς, ";dilute frankincense with very sweet wine and syringe the ear.";

For the comp. ἥδιον (as in Sirach 22:11) see BGU II. 372i. 15 (A.D. 154) (as amended Chrest. I. p. 33) ἵ ]να δὲ τοῦτο προθυμ [ότ ]ερο [ν ] κ ̣α ̣[ὶ ] ἥδιο [ν π ]ο [ιή ]σω [σιν, and Priene 105.19 (c. B.C. 9) ἥδειον δ᾽ ἂν ἀνθρώποι [ς ] ἦν κοινὴν πᾶσιν ἡμέραν γενέθλιον ἀγαγ ̣[εῖν, ἐ ]ὰν προσγένηται αὐτοῖς καὶ ἰδία τις διὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἡδον [ή —the important Calendar inscr. of the proconsul Paullus Fabius Maximus proposing to the Greeks in Asia to commence the year with the birthday of the Emperor Augustus (see Deissmann LAE, p. 370 f., Rouffiac Recherches, p. 67 ff.).

List of Word Forms

Ηδιστα ήδιστα Ἥδιστα edista Ēdista Hedista Hēdista Hḗdista