Joy, Joyfulness, Joyfully, Joyous

Joy, Joyfulness, Joyfully, Joyous

'''A — 1: χαρά (Strong'S #5479 — Noun Feminine — chara — khar-ah' )

"joy, delight" (akin to chairo, "to rejoice"), is found frequently in Matthew and Luke, and especially in John, once in Mark ( Mark 4:16 , Rv, "joy," Av, "gladness"); it is absent from 1Cor. (though the verb is used three times), but is frequent in 2Cor., where the noun is used five times (for  2 Corinthians 7:4 , Rv, see Note below), and the verb eight times, suggestive of the Apostle's relief in comparison with the circumstances of the 1st Epistle; in  Colossians 1:11 , Av, "joyfulness," Rv, "joy." The word is sometimes used, by metonymy, of the occasion or cause of "joy,"  Luke 2:10 (lit., "I announce to you a great joy"); in   2 Corinthians 1:15 , in some mss., for charis, "benefit;"  Philippians 4:1 , where the readers are called the Apostle's "joy;" so  1 Thessalonians 2:19,20;  Hebrews 12:2 , of the object of Christ's "joy;"  James 1:2 , where it is connected with falling into trials; perhaps also in  Matthew 25:21,23 , where some regard it as signifying, concretely, the circumstances attending cooperation in the authority of the Lord. See also the Note following No. 3.

 Hebrews 12:11 Hebrews 10:34 2 Corinthians 7:4

'''A — 2: ἀγαλλίασις (Strong'S #20 — Noun Feminine — agalliasis — ag-al-lee'-as-is )

"exultation, exuberant joy." Cp. B, No. 3, below. See Gladness.

'''A — 3: εὐφροσύνη (Strong'S #2167 — Noun Feminine — euphrosune — yoo-fros-oo'-nay )

is rendered "joy" in the Av of  Acts 2:28 , Rv, "gladness," as in 14:17. See Gladness.

 1 Thessalonians 3:8,9 John 16:20 Romans 5:3,4 2 Corinthians 7:4 8:2 Hebrews 10:34 James 1:2 Matthew 5:11,12 Acts 5:41 Romans 15:13 Philippians 1:25 Romans 5:2  Romans 12:15 1 Thessalonians 3:9 Psalm 35:9 43:4 Isaiah 61:10 Luke 1:47 Romans 5:11 Philippians 3:1 4:4

'''B — 1: χαίρω (Strong'S #5463 — Verb — chairo — khah'ee-ro )

"to rejoice, be glad," is translated "joyfully" in  Luke 19:6 , lit., "rejoicing;" "we joyed,"  2 Corinthians 7:13; "I joy,"  Philippians 2:17; "do ye joy,"  Philippians 2:18; "joying,"  Colossians 2:5; "we joy,"  1 Thessalonians 3:9 . It is contrasted with weeping and sorrow, e.g., in  John 16:20,22;  Romans 12:15;  1 Corinthians 7:30 (cp.   Psalm 30:5 ). See Farewell , Glad , Greeting , Hail , Rejoice.

'''B — 2: καυχάομαι (Strong'S #2744 — Verb — kauchaomai — kow-khah'-om-ahee )

"to boast, glory, exult," is rendered "we joy," in  Romans 5:11 , Av (Rv, "we rejoice"). It would have been an advantage to translate this word distinctively by the verbs "to glory" or "to exult."

'''B — 3: ἀγαλλιάω (Strong'S #21 — Verb — agalliao — ag-al-lee-ah'-o )

"to exult, rejoice greatly," is translated "with exceeding joy" in  1 Peter 4:13 (Middle Voice), lit., "(ye rejoice, chairo) exulting." Cp. A, No. 2. See Glad , Rejoice.

'''B — 4: ὀνίνημι (Strong'S #3685 — Verb — oninemi — on-in'-ay-mee )

"to benefit, profit," in the Middle Voice, "to have profit, derive benefit," is translated "let me have joy" in  Philemon 1:20 (Rv marg., "help"); the Apostle is doubtless continuing his credit and debit metaphors and using the verb in the sense of "profit."