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Strong's G5463 · Greek

χαίρω

chairo · khah'-ee-ro

a primary verb; to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χαίρω (G5463)

74 χαίρω [in LXX for שָׂמַח ( Ge 45:16 , al.), גִּיל ( Pr 2:14 , al.), etc.; inf., as greeting (v. infr.), Is 48:22 57:21 שָׁלוֹם ), I Mac 10:18 , II Mac 1:1 and freq. in these books ;] to rejoice, be glad : Mk 14:11 , Lk 15:5 , 32 19:6 , 37 22:5 23:8 , Jo 4:36 8:56 20:20 , Ac 5:41 8:39 11:23 13:48 , II Co 6:10 7:7 13:9 , Phl 2:17 , 28 , Col 2:5 , I Th 5:16 , I Pe 4:13 , III Jo 3 ; χ. καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι , Mt 5:12 ; κ. σκιρτᾶν , Lk 6:23 ; opp. to κλαίειν , Ro 12:15 , I Co 7:30 ; to κλαίειν κ. θρηνεῖν Jo 16:20 ; to λύπην ἔχειν , ib. 22 ; c. cogn. acc, χ. χαρὰν μεγάλην , Mt 2:10 ; χαρᾷ χ. (B1., § 38, 3; Dalman, Words , 34 f.), Jo 3:29 ; ἡ χαρὰ ᾗ χαίρομεν , I Th 3:9 ; c. prep. (Bl., § 38, 2), ἐπί , c. dat. (simple dat. in cl.), Mt 18:13 , Lk 1:14 13:17 , Ac 15:31 , Ro 16:19 , I Co 13:6 16:17 , II Co 7:13 , Re 11:10 ; διά , Jo 3:29 11:15 , I Th 3:9 ; ἐν , Phl 1:18 ; ἀπό , II Co 2:3 ; c. acc. (Dem.), Phl 2:18 ; seq. ὅτι , Jo 14:28 , II Co 7:9 , 16 , II Jo 4 ; ἐν τούτῳ ὅτι , Lk 10:20 ; c. dat., Ro 12:1 ; ἐν κυρίῳ , Phl 4:10 In salutations, imperat., χαῖρε, χαίρετε , at meeting, hail : Mt 26:49 27:29 , Mk 15:18 , Lk 1:28 , Jo 19:3 ; pl., Mt 28:9 ; so χαίρειν λέγω , to give greeting , II Jo 11 ; in letters, χαίρειν (sc. λέγει ; Bl., § 81, 1), greeting : Ac 15:23 23:26 Ja 1:1 ; at parting, farewell : II Co 13:11 ; on other occasions, be of good cheer : ἐν κυρίῳ , Phl 3:1 4:4 (cf. συν-χαίρω ).†

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

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