King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G20
Transliteration: agalliasis
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-al-lee'-as-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exultation, exuberant joy
Meaning: exultation, exuberant joy
ἀγαλλίασις, (εως, ἡ (ἀγαλλιάω), not used by secular writers but often by the Sept.; exultation, extreme joy: Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46; Jude 1:24; Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8 ()) oil of gladness with which persons were anointed at feasts (Psalm 23:5), and which the writer, alluding to the inaugural ceremony of anointing, uses as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which the Son of God has been exalted.
Word Summary
agalliasis: exultation, exuberant joy
Original Word: ἀγαλλίασιςTransliteration: agalliasis
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-al-lee'-as-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exultation, exuberant joy
Meaning: exultation, exuberant joy
Strong's Concordance
gladness, exceeding joy. From agalliao; exultation; specially, welcome -- gladness, (exceeding) joy.
see GREEK agalliao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 20: ἀγαλλίασιςἀγαλλίασις, (εως, ἡ (ἀγαλλιάω), not used by secular writers but often by the Sept.; exultation, extreme joy: Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46; Jude 1:24; Hebrews 1:9 (from Psalm 44:8