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agalliasis G20

ἀγαλλίασις (agalliasis) means “joy” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀγαλλίασις Greek · G20 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: ag-al-lee'-as-is Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0020

ἀγαλλίασις · agalliasis · joy

ἀγαλλίασις, -εως, ἡ (ἀγαλλιάω), [in LXX (most frequently in Pss. and often coupled with εὐφροσύνη, as Ps 44(45):15) chiefly for גִּיל ;] exultation, exuberant joy: Luk.1:44, Act.2:46, Heb.1:9, Ju 24; χαρὰ καὶ ἀ., Luk.1:14 (Cremer, 592).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

wild joy, ecstatic delight, exultation, exhilaration.

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How translators render G20

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
delight 1
gladness 1
great joy 1
joy 1
of joy 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
gladness 2
exceeding joy 1
joy 1
of gladness 1

Verses containing G20

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

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  2. Luke 1:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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  3. Acts 2:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

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  4. Hebrews 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

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  5. Jude 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

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