εὐφροσύνη
euphrosýnē · G2167 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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joyfulness, rejoicing
A state of joyful happiness
ExamplesActs 2:28 ‘YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’
Acts 14:17 yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀγαλλίασις agallíasis · G20 · to be extremely joyful, to rejoice greatly, extreme gladness
- The target term εὐφροσύνη and ἀγαλλίασις (“exultation; specially, welcome”) occupy adjacent positions within the joy and gladness semantic family, ἀγαλλίασις denoting an intensified, extreme gladness and εὐφροσύνη denoting joyfulness or rejoicing more generally — general joy and its extreme expression.
In the other Testament 4 words
- שִׂמְחָה simchâh · H8057 · joy
- Greek εὐφροσύνη and Hebrew שִׂמְחָה are direct translation equivalents denoting joyfulness, gladness, and mirth, with the Hebrew term carrying a slightly broader semantic range (including 'pleasure' and verbal forms 'rejoicing') that the Greek term fully encompasses in its core denotation of festive joy and cheerfulness.
- מָשׂוֹשׂ mâsôws · H4885 · joy, gladness, delight
- Greek εὐφροσύνη (joyfulness) serves as the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew מָשׂוֹשׂ (joy, mirth), both denoting the abstract state or quality of joyful emotion.
- רִנָּה rinnâh · H7440 · shout, cry
- Hebrew רִנָּה emphasizes the vocal/audible expression of joy (cry, shouting, singing), while Greek εὐφροσύνη focuses on the internal state or quality of joyfulness itself.
- שָׂשׂוֹן sâsôwn · H8342 · joy, gladness, delight
- Greek εὐφροσύνη and Hebrew שָׂשׂוֹן are direct translation equivalents denoting the state or quality of joyfulness, gladness, and rejoicing, with εὐφροσύνη serving as the standard LXX rendering of שָׂשׂוֹן across contexts of festive celebration and emotional delight.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Joyfulness, rejoicing25.121
- In Acts 2:28, Peter quotes the psalmist of the risen Christ, “YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE,” naming this joyful gladness.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐφροσύνης, ἡ (εὔφρων (well-minded, cheerful)), from Homer down; good cheer, joy,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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