STRONGS NUMBER G2114


Word Summary
euthymeō: to be of good cheer
Original Word: εὐθυμέω
Transliteration: euthymeō
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-thoo-meh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be of good cheer
Meaning: to be of good cheer
Strong's Concordance
be of good cheer

From euthumos; to cheer up, i.e. (intransitively) be cheerful; neuter comparative (adverbially) more cheerfully -- be of good cheer (merry).

see GREEK euthumos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2114: εὐθυμέω

εὐθυμέω, ἐυθύμω; (εὔθυμος);

1. transitive, to put in good spirits, gladden, make cheerful (Aeschylus in Plato, de rep. 2, 383 b.). Middle to be of good spirits, to be cheerful, (Xenophon, Plato).

2. intransitive, to be joyful, be of good cheer, of good courage: Acts 27:22, 25; James 5:13. (Euripides, Cycl. 530; Plutarch, de tranquill. anim. 2 and 9.)