Strong's Greek · G2165

εὐφραίνω

euphraínō

fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice

Definition

to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice

Derivation

from G2095 (εὖ) and G5424 (φρήν);

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Luke 15:24

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Revelation 12:12

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.”

2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

Luke 15:29

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.

Acts 7:41

At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

Acts 2:26

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

Luke 15:23

Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

Romans 15:10

Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

Luke 12:19

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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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