euphrainō G2165

εὐφραίνω (euphrainō) means “to celebrate” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εὐφραίνω Greek · G2165 14 tagged occurrences in 14 verses

Pronunciation guide: yoo-frah'-ee-no Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2165

εὐφραίνω · euphrainō · to celebrate

εὐφραίνω [in LXX chiefly for שָׂמַח, qal, pi. ;] to cheer, gladden: with accusative of person(s), opposite to λυπεῖν, 2Co.2:2. Pass., to be happy, rejoice, make merry: Luk.15:32, Act.2:26" (LXX) Rom.15:10 (LXX), Gal.4:27 (LXX), Rev.11:10 12:12; before ἐν, Act.7:41; ἐπί with dative, Rev.18:20; of merry-making at a feast (3Ki.4:20; of. Kennedy, Sources, 155; Field, Notes, 69 f.), Luk.12:19 15:23-24, 29" (LXX) (λαμπρῶς) Luk.16:19.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I cheer, make glad; generally mid. or pass: I am glad, make merry, revel, feast.

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How translators render G2165

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
rejoice	4
to celebrate	2
and be merry	1
and celebrate	1
celebrate	1
i could celebrate	1
is glad	1
rejoicing	1
to cheer	1
who lived each day in joyous	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
rejoice	3
and be merry	1
and fared	1
be merry	1
glad	1
i might make merry	1
make merry	1
rejoiced	1
that maketh	1
that we should make merry	1
to be merry	1

Verses containing G2165

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Luke 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Luke 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
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Luke 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
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Luke 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
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Luke 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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Luke 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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Acts 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
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Acts 7:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
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Romans 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
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2 Corinthians 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
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Galatians 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
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Revelation 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
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Revelation 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
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Revelation 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
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