G21Verb11 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 5:12ἀγαλλιᾶσθε
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Luke 1:47ἠγαλλίασεν
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- John 8:56ἠγαλλιάσατο
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
- Acts 2:26ἠγαλλιάσατο
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
- 1 Peter 1:6ἀγαλλιᾶσθε
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
- Revelation 19:7ἀγαλλιῶμεν
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Abbott-Smith
[in LXX (most frequently in Pss.) chiefly for גיל, רנן pi. ;]
to exult, rejoice greatly: before ἐπί, with dative, Luk.1:47; with dative mod., 1Pe.1:8, Rev.19:7. Mid., with same sense: Mat.5:12, Luk.10:21, Act.2:26, 16:34, 1Pe.4:13; before ἵνα, Jhn.8:56; ἐν, Jhn.5:35 (1 aor. pass. perh. as mid.; but see Mozley, Psalter, 5), 1Pe.1:6 (Cremer, 590).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.