STRONGS G2165:
εὐφραίνω; passive, present
ἐυφραίνομαι; imperfect
εὐφραινόμην (
Acts 7:41, where a few manuscripts have
ἠυφρ. [cf.
WH's Appendix, p. 162]); 1 aorist
εὐφράνθην and
L T Tr WH ηὐφρ. (
Acts 2:26; see references in
εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); 1 future
εὐφρανθήσομαι; (
εὖ and
φρήν); in the
Sept. very often actively for
שִׂמַּח to make joyful, and passive for
שָׂמַח to be joyful, sometimes for
רָנַן to sing; in Greek writings from Homer down;
to gladden, make joyful:
τινά,
2 Corinthians 2:2 (opposed to
λυπεῖν). Passive
to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice: absolute,
Luke 15:32;
Acts 2:26 (from Psalm 15:9 (
Ps. 16:9));
Romans 15:10 (from
Deuteronomy 32:43);
Galatians 4:27 (from
Isaiah 54:1);
Revelation 11:10;
Revelation 12:12;
ἔν τινι,
to rejoice in, be delighted with, a thing,
Acts 7:41 (Xenophon, Hier. 1, 16);
ἐπί τινι,
Revelation 18:20 L T Tr WH (for
Rec. ἐπ’ αὐτήν); of the merriment of a feast,
Luke 12:19;
Luke 15:23f,
29, (
Deuteronomy 14:25 (
Deuteronomy 14:26);
Deuteronomy 27:7); with
λαμπρῶς added, to live sumptuously:
Luke 16:19 (Homer, Odyssey 2, 311; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 7, 12).
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