εὐφραίνω euphrainō

Greek word for “to celebrate” · Strong’s G2165 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

εὐφραίνω; to cheer, gladden: with accusative of person(s), opposite to λυπεῖν.

How it is translated

Glosses given for euphrainō in context, with how often each is used:

• do rejoice 4
• do be merry 1
• us be merry 1
• merry 1
• may make merry 1
• make merry 1
• making good cheer 1
• glad 1
• rejoicing 1
• gladdening 1
• does make merry 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 15 (4), Luke 12 (1), Luke 16 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 7 (1), Romans 15 (1), 2 Corinthians 2 (1), Galatians 4 (1), Revelation 11 (1), Revelation 12 (1)

Forms

• εὐφραίνου 2
• εὐφρανθῶμεν 1
• εὐφραίνεσθαι 1
• εὐφρανθῶ 1
• εὐφρανθῆναι 1
• εὐφραινόμενος 1
• ηὐφράνθη 1
• εὐφραίνοντο 1
• εὐφράνθητε 1
• εὐφραίνων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with euphrainō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔτος etos “year” 2
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 2
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 2
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 2
• νεκρός nekros “dead” 2
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 2
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using euphrainō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Luke 15:23 — And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
• Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Luke 15:29 — And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a…
• Luke 15:32 — It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
• Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
• Acts 7:41 — And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
• Romans 15:10 — And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
• Galatians 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she…
• Revelation 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that…
• Revelation 12:12 — Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great…
• Revelation 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.