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ἀγαλλιάω — to rejoice · Greek word G0021

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ἀγαλλιάωagalliaō
to rejoice
Greek · G0021 · 78 occurrences

Dictionary

ἀγαλλιάω, -ῶ, Hellenistic form of cl. ἀγάλλω, to glorify, mid. -ομαι, to exult in;
[in LXX (most frequently in Pss.) chiefly for גיל, רנן pi. ;]
to exult, rejoice greatly: before ἐπί, with dative, Luk.1:47; with dative mod., 1Pe.1:8, Rev.19:7. Mid., with same sense: Mat.5:12, Luk.10:21, Act.2:26, 16:34, 1Pe.4:13; before ἵνα, Jhn.8:56; ἐν, Jhn.5:35 (1 aor. pass. perh. as mid.; but see Mozley, Psalter, 5), 1Pe.1:6 (Cremer, 590).†
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Liddell–Scott–Jones

ἀγαλλιάω, late form of ἀγάλλομαι,
A rejoice exceedingly, Apoc. 19.7 ( v.l. ἀγαλλιώμεθα ) ; ἠγαλλίασα Ev.Luc. 1.47, cf. POxy. 1592.4 (iii/iv A.D.):—more common as Dep. ἀγαλλιάομαι, LXX Is. 12.6, al.: fut. -άσομαι Ps. 5.11: aor. ἠγαλλιασάμην Ps. 15(16).2, Ev.Jo. 8.56; ἠγαλλιάσθην ib. 5.35.—This family of words seems also to have been used in malam partem,
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Where it occurs

Septuagint 62

2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 1:20
1 Chronicles (LXX) 16:31
Song of Songs (LXX) 1:4
Habakkuk (LXX) 3:18
Jeremiah (LXX) 30:4
Lamentations (LXX) 2:19

Intertestamental 5

Tobit 13:7 13:13
3 Maccabees 2:17
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:3
1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 10:19

New Testament 11

Matthew 5:12
Luke 1:47 10:21
John 5:35 8:56
Acts 2:26 16:34
1 Peter 1:6 1:8 4:13
Revelation 19:7
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