Lexical Summary euphrainō: to cheer, make merry Original Word: εὐφραίνωTransliteration: euphrainō Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-frah'-ee-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cheer, make merry Meaning: to cheer, make merry Strong's Concordance make glad, be merry, rejoice. From eu and phren; to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice -- fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice. see GREEK eu see GREEK phren Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2165: εὐφραίνωεὐφραίνω; passive, present ἐυφραίνομαι; imperfect εὐφραινόμην (Acts 7:41, where a few manuscripts have ἠυφραίνω (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 162)); 1 aorist εὐφράνθην and L T Tr WH ηὐφράνθην (Acts 2:26; see references in εὐδοκέω, at the beginning); 1 future εὐφρανθήσομαι; (εὖ and φρήν); in the Sept. very often actively for שִׂמַּח to make joyful, and passive for שָׂמַח to be joyful, sometimes for רָנַן to sing; in Greek writings from Homer down; to gladden, make joyful: τινα, 2 Corinthians 2:2 (opposed to λύπειν). Passive to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice: absolutely, Luke 16:32; Acts 2:26 (from Psalm 15:9 |
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