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Strong's G21 · Greek

ἀγαλλιάω

agalliao · ag-al-lee-ah'-o

from agan (much) and 242; properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀγαλλιάω (G21)

11 † ἀγαλλιάω , -ῶ , Hellenistic form of cl. ἀγάλλω , to glorify , mid. -ομαι , to exult in ; [in LXX (most freq. in Pss.) chiefly for גיל , רנן pi.;] to exult, rejoice greatly : seq. ἐπί , c. dat., Lk 1:47 ; c. dat. mod., I Pe 1:8 , Re 19:7 . Mid., with same sense: Mt 5:12 , Lk 10:21 , Ac 2:26 , 16:34 , I Pe 4:13 ; seq. ἵνα , Jo 8:56 ; ἐν , Jo 5:35 (1 aor. pass. perh. as mid.; but v. Mozley, Psalter , 5), I Pe 1:6 (Cremer, 590).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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