Matthew 5:12Mapped KJV word: be exceeding glad
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleἀγαλλιάω
G21 · agalliáō · ag-al-lee-ah'-o · Greek
Strong’s definition
properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult
KJV usage
:--be (exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly).
11mapped occurrences
11verses
6KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
rejoiced 4rejoice 3be exceeding glad 1to rejoice 1glad 1joy 1
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Luke 1:47Mapped KJV word: rejoiced
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke 10:21Mapped KJV word: rejoiced
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
John 5:35Mapped KJV word: to rejoice
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 8:56Mapped KJV word: rejoiced
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Acts 2:26Mapped KJV word: glad
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 16:34Mapped KJV word: rejoiced
And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
1 Peter 1:6Mapped KJV word: rejoice
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 1:8Mapped KJV word: rejoice
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 Peter 4:13Mapped KJV word: joy
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Revelation 19:7Mapped KJV word: rejoice
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.