Strong#: | 20 // agalliasiv agalliasis |
Orig: | n f // from \\21\\ |
NASB: | ==>gladness(3), great joy(1), joy(1). |
AV=5 | ==>gladness 3, joy 1, exceeding joy 1 |
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Definition: | 1) exultation, extreme joy, gladness
At feasts, people were anointed with the "oil of gladness". Paul, in
\\#Heb 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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NASB: | exultation, exuberant joy: |
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