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Définitions du dictionnaire biblique pour : "Cheer, Cheerful, Cheerfully, Cheerfulness"
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Cheer, Cheerful, Cheerfully, Cheerfulness
<A-1,Verb,2114,euthumeo>
signifies, in the Active Voice, "to put in good spirits, to make cheerful" (eu, "well," thumos, "mind or passion"); or, intransitively, "to be cheerful," Acts 27:22,25; Jas. 5:13 (RV, "cheerful," for AV, "merry"). See MERRY.
<A-2,Verb,2293,tharseo>
"to be of good courage, of good cheer" (tharsos, "courage, confidence"), is used only in the imperative mood, in the NT; "be of good cheer," Matt. 9:2,22; 14:27; Mark 6:50; 10:49; Luke 8:48; John 16:33; Acts 23:11. See BOLD, A, No. 1, COMFORT, COURAGE.
<B-1,Adjective,2115,euthumos>
means "of good cheer" (see A, No. 1), Acts 27:36.
<B-2,Adjective,2431,hilaros>
from hileos, "propitious," signifies that readiness of mind, that joyousness, which is prompt to do anything; hence, "cheerful" (Eng., "hilarious"), 2 Cor. 9:7, "God loveth a cheerful (hilarious) giver."
Note: In the Sept. the verb hilaruno translates a Hebrew word meaning "to cause to shine," in Ps. 104:15.
<C-1,Adverb,2115,euthumos>
cheerfully (see A, No. 1), is found in the most authentic mss., in Acts 24:10, instead of the comparative degree, euthumoteron.
<D-1,Noun,2432,hilarotes>
"cheerfulness" (akin to B, No. 2), is used in Rom. 12:8, in connection with showing mercy.