Strong's Number G20
Transliteration:
agalliasis{ag-al-lee'-as-is}
Word Origin:
from 21
TDNT:
1:19,4
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
gladness 3, joy 1, exceeding joy 1
Total: 5
Total: 5
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.
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