Dictionaries :: Glad (Be, Make), Gladly

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

is the usual word for "rejoicing, being glad;" it is rendered by the verb "to be glad" in Mar 14:11; Luk 15:32; 22:5; 23:8; Jhn 8:56; 11:15; 20:20; Act 11:23; 13:48; in the following the RV has "to rejoice" for AV, "to be glad," Rom 16:19; 1Cr 16:17; 2Cr 13:9; 1Pe4:13; Rev 19:7.
See FAREWELL, No. 4, GREETING, HAIL, JOY, REJOICE.

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

"to exult, rejoice greatly," is chiefly used in the Middle Voice (Active in Luk 1:47; some mss. have the Passive in Jhn 5:35, "to be made glad"). In the OT, it is found abundantly in the Psalms, from Psa 2:11 onward to Psa 149:2, 5 (Sept.). It conveys the idea of jubilant exultation, spiritual "gladness," Mat 5:12, "be exceeding glad," the Lord's command to His disciples; Luk 1:47, in Mary's song; Luk 10:21, of Christ's exultation ("rejoiced"); cp. Act 2:26,"(My tongue) was glad," AV (RV, "rejoiced"); Jhn 8:56, of Abraham; Act 16:34, RV, "rejoiced greatly" (of the Philippian jailor); 1Pe 1:6, 8; 4:13 ("with exceeding joy"), of believers in general; in Rev 19:7, RV, "be exceeding glad" (AV, "rejoice").
See REJOICE.

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

"to cheer, gladden," is rendered "maketh... glad" in 2Cr 2:2.
See FARE, MERRY, REJOICE.

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

"gladly" (from hedus, "sweet"), is used in Mar 6:20; 12:37; 2Cr 11:19.

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

the superlative degree of No. 1, "most gladly, most delightedly, with great relish," is rendered "most gladly" in 2Cr 12:9, 15 (RV; AV, "very gladly").

Glad (Be, Make), Gladly:

"with delight, delightedly, gladly," is found in Act 21:17. It is absent from the best texts in Act 2:41 (see the RV).