noun · feminine
hilarotas
Greekἱλαρότης (hilarotēs)
Strong’sG2432
cheerfulness
stem hilarot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἱλαρότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< ἱλαρός), [in LXX: Pr 18:22 (רָצוֹן)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2432 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhil-ar-ot'-ace
alacrity
Fromfrom G2431;
King Jamescheerfulness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hilarotas | hilarotais |
| object accusative | hilarotan | hilarotain |
| direct address vocative | hilarotar | hilarotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hilarotau | hilarotaiu |
| to, for dative | hilarota1×ἱλαρότητι | hilarotai |
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
hilarota 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hilarota“cheerfulness”to, fordative singular1×
Romans 12:8“cheerfulness”eite tos parakalarōtos en ta paraklēsia, tos metadōarōtos en haplota, tos proistanerōtos en spouda, tos elēarōtos en hilarota.if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.