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Strong’s G21 · Greek

ἀγαλλιάω

agalliáō · ag-al-lee-ah'-o

Origin from agan (much) and ἅλλομαι (G242);

Meaning properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult

In the King James Version be (exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly).

In 11 verses of the King James Version

  1. Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
  2. Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  3. Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
  4. John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
  5. John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
  6. Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
  7. Acts 16:34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
  8. 1 Peter 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  9. 1 Peter 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  10. 1 Peter 4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
  11. Revelation 19:7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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