Strong G780ἀσμένως
gladly
- Transliteration
- asmenōs
- Pronunciation
- as-men'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from a derivative of the base of G2237; with pleasure: - gladly.
Detailed definition
ἀσμένως
adv. (ἥδομαι, to be glad), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:12 2Mac 10:33, 3Ma.3:15 3Mac 5:21 *;]
gladly: Act.21:17.†
(AS)
adv. (ἥδομαι, to be glad), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:12 2Mac 10:33, 3Ma.3:15 3Mac 5:21 *;]
gladly: Act.21:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G780 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gladly2
First verses
- Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- Acts 21:17And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἄσμενος, η, ον,
well-pleased, glad, always with a Verb, φύγεν ἄ. ἐκ θανάτοιο he was glad to have escaped death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.350, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.63, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.74)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἄσμενος δὲ τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 398; ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀσμένους πεφευγότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 398; ἄ. αἱρεθείς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.12; ἐκάθευδον ἄ. ἥκων ἐξ ἀγροῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13; ἀσμένας εἰς τὸν λειμῶνα ἀπιούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614e: frequently in _dative_, ἐμοὶ δέ κεν ἀσμένῳ εἴη)] glad would it make me ! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.108)]; ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι.. νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος glad wilt thou be when night shuts out the light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 23; ὥς σφι ἀσμένοισι ἡμέρα ἐπέλαμψε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.14; ἀσμένῃ δέ μοι.. ἦλθε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 18; ὡς ἀσμένοισιν ἦλθες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 582, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418c, etc.)] adverb ἀσμένως gladly, readily, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 728, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.36, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 142, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 14)] (this adverb, which is common in later Greek, [NT (NT.Act.21.17, etc.)], has sometimes been substituted for the adjective, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.21 (variant)): _superlative_ ἀσμεναίτατα (variant{-έστατα}) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329c; -έστατα [prev. work] 616a (though the _adjective_ makes -ώτερος, -ώτατος, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8, compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.18B.). (Not to be connected with ἁνδάνω, since there is no ancient authority for rough breathing ἁσμ-.))]
well-pleased, glad, always with a Verb, φύγεν ἄ. ἐκ θανάτοιο he was glad to have escaped death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.350, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.63, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.74)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἄσμενος δὲ τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 398; ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀσμένους πεφευγότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 398; ἄ. αἱρεθείς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.12; ἐκάθευδον ἄ. ἥκων ἐξ ἀγροῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13; ἀσμένας εἰς τὸν λειμῶνα ἀπιούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614e: frequently in _dative_, ἐμοὶ δέ κεν ἀσμένῳ εἴη)] glad would it make me ! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.108)]; ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι.. νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος glad wilt thou be when night shuts out the light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 23; ὥς σφι ἀσμένοισι ἡμέρα ἐπέλαμψε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.14; ἀσμένῃ δέ μοι.. ἦλθε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 18; ὡς ἀσμένοισιν ἦλθες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 582, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418c, etc.)] adverb ἀσμένως gladly, readily, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 728, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.36, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 142, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 14)] (this adverb, which is common in later Greek, [NT (NT.Act.21.17, etc.)], has sometimes been substituted for the adjective, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.21 (variant)): _superlative_ ἀσμεναίτατα (variant{-έστατα}) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329c; -έστατα [prev. work] 616a (though the _adjective_ makes -ώτερος, -ώτατος, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8, compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.18B.). (Not to be connected with ἁνδάνω, since there is no ancient authority for rough breathing ἁσμ-.))]