G20

ἀγαλλίασις

agalliasis

Feminine noun · From ἀγαλλιάω (G21)

From G21; exultation; specially, welcome:—gladness, (exceeding) joy.

Outline

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

Usages

Luke 1:14

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

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Luke 1:44

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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Acts 2:46

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

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Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

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