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Greek

2431. hilaros -- cheerful
... cheerful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hilaros Phonetic Spelling:
(hil-ar-os') Short Definition: joyous, cheerful Definition: joyous, cheerful ...
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2115. euthumos -- of good cheer
... good cheer. Part of Speech: Adjective; Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: euthumos
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-thoo-mos) Short Definition: cheerful, having good ...
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2114. euthumeo -- to be of good cheer
... to be of good cheer. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: euthumeo Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-thoo-meh'-o) Short Definition: I am cheerful Definition: I keep up ...
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5281. hupomone -- a remaining behind, a patient enduring
... enduring, patience, steadfast. From hupomeno; cheerful (or hopeful) endurance,
constancy -- enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting). ...
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2432. hilarotes -- cheerfulness
... Cognate: 2432 (a noun, derived from 2431 , "already won over, approving") -- "cheerful
readiness" (J. Thayer), ie the attitude that is ready to respond from a ...
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2436. hileos -- propitious
... Perhaps from the alternate form of haireomai; cheerful (as attractive), ie Propitious;
adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, ie (in averting some calamity ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2896. towb -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... Definition: beautiful. beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease,
fair word, be in favor, From towb; good (as an adjective ...
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5107. nub -- to bear fruit
... root Definition to bear fruit NASB Word Usage flourish (1), flows (1), increase
(1), yield fruit (1). bring forth fruit, make cheerful, increase. ...
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1082. balag -- to gleam, smile
... 1081, 1082. balag. 1083 . to gleam, smile. Transliteration: balag Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-lag') Short Definition: cheerful. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3190. yatab -- to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
... 1), glad (1), go well (6), goes well (1), good (1), good (2), good that i do (1),
good reason (3), happy (1), joyful (1), make (1), makes a cheerful (1), makes ...
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5102. nahar -- to flow, stream
... A primitive root; to sparkle, ie (figuratively) be cheerful; hence (from the sheen
of a running stream) to flow, ie (figuratively) assemble -- flow (together ...
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7797. sus -- to exult, rejoice
... be glad, greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice. Or siys {sece}; a primitive root; to
be bright, ie Cheerful -- be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice. ...
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6670. tsahal -- to neigh, cry shrilly
... bellow, cry aloud out, lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout A prim
root; to gleam, ie (figuratively) be cheerful; by transf. ...
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2896a. tob -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... pleasant, agreeable, good NASB Word Usage beautiful (11), beneficial (1), best
(7), better (75), better a good (1), charming* (1), cheerful (3), choice (2 ...
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1319. basar -- to bear tidings
... A primitive root; properly, to be fresh, ie Full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful);
to announce (glad news) -- messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear ...
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1308. Besor -- a stream in Palestine
... NASB Word Usage Besor (3). Besor. From basar; cheerful; Besor, a stream of Palestine --
Besor. see HEBREW basar. 1307b, 1308. Besor. 1309 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

SM *Watts. Cheerful Worship.
... I. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3. SM *Watts. Cheerful Worship. 1 Come, ye who love
the Lord! And let your joys be known; Join in a song with ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/3 s m watts cheerful.htm

Hail the Morn! Let Praises Cheerful
... CHRISTMAS II Hail the morn! Let praises cheerful. 8,7,8,3. Hail the morn!
Let praises cheerful. Scatter night and brooding fear; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/ii hail the morn let.htm

"Come Let us Join Our Cheerful Songs. "
... Nuhguhmoowin 18. CM "Come let us join our cheerful songs.". Nuh qua uh
muh wah dah nig suh Ish pe ming a yah jig; Kuh ke nuh moo ...
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Psalm 50:6. To the Old Proper Tune. The Last Judgment.
... spread, Thro' distant worlds, and regions of the dead: The trumpet sounds; hell
trembles; heaven rejoices; Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. ...
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Psalm 50 the Last Judgment.
... The trumpet sounds; hell trembles; heav'n rejoices. Lift up your heads, ye saints,
with cheerful voices. ... When Christ returns, wake every cheerful passion. ...
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What the Redbird Told Me
... and the winter winds, of the bird's uncertain supply of food, of his many enemies,
and considered that, in spite of all this, he could be so cheerful and gay ...
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The Christian Urged To, and Assisted In, an Express Act of Self ...
... 1. The advantages of such a surrender are briefly suggested." 2, 3, 4. Advice for
the manner of doing it; that it be deliberate, cheerful, entire, perpetual ...
/.../chapter xvii the christian urged.htm

The Ancestral Home
... "First. In my father's old age was to be seen the beauty of a cheerful spirit.
I never remember to have heard him make a gloomy expression. ...
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Grace
... told them,"You are quite right in thinking that grace comes from heaven, and is
God's gift; that it is God who makes people amiable, cheerful, lovely, and ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xx grace.htm

Joy, a Duty
... That is the meaning of the precept, that we should be cheerful; more than that,
that we should be thankful; more than that, that we should rejoice. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 41 1895/joy a duty.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

Thesaurus

Cheerful (13 Occurrences)
... willing. Multi-Version Concordance Cheerful (13 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians
5:6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know ...
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Cheer (22 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. ... 9.
(vi) To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up. 10. ...
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Reluctantly (2 Occurrences)
... "It is a cheerful giver that God loves." (WEY RSV NIV). 1 Peter 5:2 Be
shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the ...
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Medicine (4 Occurrences)
... half of the verse. In any case the meaning is that a cheerful disposition
is a powerful remedial agent. In the figurative account ...
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Brighten (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures
and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's ...
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Banished (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Banish. Multi-Version Concordance Banished
(19 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 5:6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. ...
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Cheerfully (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a cheerful manner, gladly. Multi-Version
Concordance Cheerfully (4 Occurrences). Acts 24:10 When ...
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Confidence (103 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 3:4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; (WEB WEY ASV
DBY NAS RSV NIV). 2 Corinthians 5:6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. ...
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Merry (38 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. ... Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh
a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. ...
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Countenance (67 Occurrences)
... Samuel 14:27 Daniel 1:15); in 1 Samuel 16:12, literally, "fair of eyes"; "comely"
(Songs 2:14); "beautiful" (to'ar, 1 Samuel 25:3); "cheerful" (panim, Proverbs ...
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Bible Concordance

Cheerful (13 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 5:6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 5:8 So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 9:7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 5:13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
(WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV)

1 Peter 5:2 Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;
(WEY)

1 Kings 21:7 Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
(See RSV)

Job 9:27 If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
(See NAS)

Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
(WEB ASV RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
(See NAS)

Zechariah 8:19 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Cheerful

Related Terms

Cheer (22 Occurrences)

Reluctantly (2 Occurrences)

Medicine (4 Occurrences)

Brighten (3 Occurrences)

Banished (19 Occurrences)

Cheerfully (4 Occurrences)

Confidence (103 Occurrences)

Merry (38 Occurrences)