noun · feminine
eufrosunēas
Strong’sG2167
joy, gladness
stem eufrosunē-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εὐφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< εὔφρων, cheerful) [in LXX chiefly for שִׂמְחָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2167 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-fros-oo'-nay
joyfulness
Fromfrom the same as G2165;
King Jamesgladness, joy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect ἐϋφρ-, ἡ, (εὔφρων) mirth, merriment, γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην παρέχουσαι Refs 8th c.BC+; especially of a banquet, good cheer, festivily, οὐ.. τί φημι χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτ᾽ ἐϋφροσύνη μὲν ἔχῃ κατὰ δῆμον ἅπαντα κτλRefs 6th c.BC+ is cheered with glad thoughts, Refs 8th c.BC+; festivities, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐ. Refs 4th c.BC+: also in later Prose, LXX+NT+4th c.BC+; εὐ. ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος LXX
II proper name, Refs, one of the Graces, Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eufrosunēas | eufrosunēais |
| object accusative | eufrosunēan | eufrosunēain |
| direct address vocative | eufrosunēar | eufrosunēair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eufrosunēau2×εὐφροσύνης | eufrosunēaiu |
| to, for dative | eufrosunēa | eufrosunēai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eufrosunēa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
eufrosunēau“gladness”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 2:28“gladness”gnōrizasa mi hodain zōau, plērasi min eufrosunēau meta teu prosōpeu su.You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Acts 14:17… kai kairoin karpoforoin, empimplēarōntos trofēau kai eufrosunēau tain kardiain vu.… filling your hearts with food and gladness.”