χαίρω

imperfect ἔχαιρον; future χαρήσομαι (Lk 1:14; Jn 16:20, Jn 16:22; Phm 1:18, for the earlier form καιρήσω, cf. (Winers Grammar, 90 (86); Buttmann, 68 (60)); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 322f; Matthiae, § 255, under the word; Kühner, § 343 under the word; Krüger, § 40, under the word; (Veitch, under the word)), once χάρω (Rev 11:10 Rec., a form occurring nowhere else); 2 aorist (passive as active) ἐχάρην (cf. συγχαίρω, at the beginning); from Homer down; the Sept. for שָׂמַח, גִּיל, שׂוּשׂ; to rejoice, be glad;
a. in the properly, and strict sense: (Mk 14:11); Lk 15:5,(32); Lk 19:6, Lk 19:37, Lk 22:5, Lk 23:8; Jn 4:36; Jn 8:56; Jn 20:20; Acts 5:41; Acts 8:39; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:48; Acts 13:2 Cor. (); 2 Cor 7:7; 2 Cor 13:9, 2 Cor 13:11 (some refer this to b. in the sense of farewell); Phm 2:17, Phm 2:28; Col 2:5; 1 Thess 5:16; 1 Pet 4:13; 3 Jn 1:3; opposed to κλαίειν, Rom 12:15; 1 Cor 7:30; opposed to κλαίειν καί θρηνεῖν, Jn 16:20; opposed to λύπην ἔχειν, ibid. ; joined with ἀγαλλίασθαι, Mt 5:12; Rev 19:7; with σκιρταν, Lk 6:23; χαίρειν ἐν κυρίῳ (see ἐν, L 6 b, p. 211b middle (cf. Buttmann, 185 (161))), Phm 3:1; Phm 4:4, Phm 4:10; χαίρειν χαράν μεγάλην (cf. χαρά, a.), to rejoice exceedingly, Mt 2:10; also χαρά χαίρειν (Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; Buttmann, § 133, 22), Jn 3:29: ἡ χαρά ἡ χαίρομεν, 1 Thess 3:9; χαίρειν ἐπί with a dative of the object, Mt 18:13; Lk 1:14; Lk 13:17; Acts 15:31 Rom 16:19 L T Tr WH; 1 Cor 13:6; 1 Cor 16:17; 2 Cor 7:13; Rev 11:10 (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 35; Cyril 8, 4, 12; Plato, legg. 5, p. 739 d.; cf. Kühner, § 425 Anm. 6; (Winers Grammar, § 33 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 23); in the Greek writings generally with a simple dative of the object as Prov 17:19); διά τί, Jn 3:29; διά τινα, Jn 11:15; 1 Thess 3:9; ἐν τούτῳ, Phm 1:18; (ἐν ταῖς παθήμασι μου, Col 1:24); with an accusative of the object, τό αὐτό, Phm 2:18 (ταῦτα, Demosthenes, p. 323, 6; cf. Matthiae, § 414, p. 923; Krüger, § 46, 5, 9); τό ἐφ' ὑμῖν (see ὁ, II. 8, p. 436a), Rom 16:19 R G; ἀπό τίνος, equivalent to χαράν ἔχειν, to derive joy from one, 2 Cor 2:3; ἐχάρητε followed by ὅτι, Jn 14:28; 2 Cor 7:9, 2 Cor 7:16; 2 Jn 1:4; ἐν τούτῳ, Lk 10:20; with a dative of the cause: τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες, let the hope of future blessedness give you joy, Rom 12:12 (yet cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 k., 7d.).
b. in a broader sense, to be well, to thrive; in salutations, the imperative χαῖρε, "Hail!" Latinsalve (so from Homer down): Mt 26:49; Mt 27:29; Mk 15:18; Lk 1:28; Jn 19:3; plural χαίρετε (A. V. all hail), Mt 28:9; at the beginning of letters the infinitive χαίρειν (namely, λέγει or κελευει): Acts 15:23; Acts 23:26; Jas 1:1 (often in the books of Maccabees; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 10:18; Otto in the Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. for 1867, p. 678ff; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 99ff; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 27; Aelian v. h. 1, 25); fully, χαίρειν λέγω, to give one greeting, salute, 2 Jn 1:10 (11). (Compare: συνχαίρω.)