Strong's Number G20

ἀγαλλίασις

agalliasis · ag-al-lee'-as-is

Transliteration:

agalliasis{ag-al-lee'-as-is}

Word Origin:

from 21

TDNT:

1:19,4

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

exultation; specially, welcome

Usage in the KJV:

gladness 3, joy 1, exceeding joy 1

Total: 5
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

exultation, extreme joy, gladness At feasts, people were anointed with the "oil of gladness". Paul, in He. 1:9, is alluding to this inaugural ceremony of anointing, and uses it as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which to which the Son of God has been exalted.