Strong G2114εὐθυμέω
be cheerful
- Transliteration
- euthumeō
- Pronunciation
- yoo-thoo-meh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2115; to cheer up that is (intransitively) be cheerful; neuter comparative (adverb) more cheerfully: - be of good cheer (merry).
Detailed definition
εὐθυμέω, -ῶ
(ὔθυμος), [in Sm.: Psa.32:11, Pro.15:15 *;]
1. trans., to make cheerful (Æsch.).
2. Intrans. (Eur., Plut.; so mid. in Xen., Plat.), to be of good cheer: Act.27:22, 25, Jas.5:13.†
(AS)
(ὔθυμος), [in Sm.: Psa.32:11, Pro.15:15 *;]
1. trans., to make cheerful (Æsch.).
2. Intrans. (Eur., Plut.; so mid. in Xen., Plat.), to be of good cheer: Act.27:22, 25, Jas.5:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2114 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be2
- cheer1
- merry1
First verses
- Acts 27:22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
- Acts 27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
- James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐθῡμ-έω,
to be of good cheer, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 530, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.100, NT.Jam.5.13)]: feminine dative plural present participle εὐθυμεύσαις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.143)]; περὶ τῆς κριθῆς εὐθύμει do not be anxious about.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.133.4 (2nd c.AD).)]
II transitive, cheer, delight, τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 350.4, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 279)]:—passive, to be cheerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.36; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.1.19; ἐν ταῖς ἀτυχίαις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379b18; πάντα-εῖσθαι χρή 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1.)]
to be of good cheer, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 530, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.100, NT.Jam.5.13)]: feminine dative plural present participle εὐθυμεύσαις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.143)]; περὶ τῆς κριθῆς εὐθύμει do not be anxious about.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.133.4 (2nd c.AD).)]
II transitive, cheer, delight, τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 350.4, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 279)]:—passive, to be cheerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.36; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.1.19; ἐν ταῖς ἀτυχίαις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379b18; πάντα-εῖσθαι χρή 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1.)]