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Greek · G21, G40, G4151

ἠγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ

To rejoice · holy · spirit/breath: spirit

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ἀγαλλιάω G21 to rejoice
Pronunciation agalliáō
Exultant joy that expresses gladness in God, often with overtones of triumph or celebration
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ἅγιος G40 holy
Pronunciation hágios
Set apart to God for his service, characterized by moral purity reflecting God's own nature.
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πνεῦμα G4151 spirit/breath: spirit
Pronunciation pneûma
Spirit as the immaterial dimension of human existence, or God's transformative power, distinct from soul and body.
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What does ἠγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ (ēgalliasato tō pneumati tō hagiō) mean in the Bible?

ἀγαλλιάω · ἅγιος · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "rejoiced, exulted in the Holy Spirit".

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What does ἀγαλλιάω · ἅγιος · πνεῦμα mean in the Bible?

ἀγαλλιάω · ἅγιος · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "rejoiced, exulted in the Holy Spirit".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G21, G40, G4151?

G21, G40, G4151 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. rejoiced, exulted in the Holy Spirit

Strong's G21, G40, G4151
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Word forms 5 forms 11 references

Source Gloss

rejoiced, exulted in the Holy Spirit
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 5 Aligned forms 11 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle, Active, Passive
Tenses
Aorist Present
Voices
Middle Active Passive
Indicative states a fact or reality 7×
Aorist Middle Luke 10:21 · John 8:56 · Acts 2:26 · Acts 16:34 4×
Present Middle 1 Pet 1:6 · 1 Pet 1:8 2×
Aorist Active Luke 1:47 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Middle Matt 5:12 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Passive John 5:35 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle 1 Pet 4:13 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Present Active Rev 19:7 1×
11 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 5 ongoing 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 1 participle 1
Tense
aorist 6 present 5
Voice
middle 8 active 2 passive 1
Mood
indicative 7 participle 1 infinitive 1 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 5:12 ἀγαλλιᾶσθε present middle imperative imperative Luke 1:47 ἠγαλλίασεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 10:21 ἠγαλλιάσατο aorist middle indicative completed John 5:35 ἀγαλλιαθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive John 8:56 ἠγαλλιάσατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 2:26 ἠγαλλιάσατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 16:34 ἠγαλλιάσατο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Peter 1:6 ἀγαλλιᾶσθε present middle indicative ongoing 1 Peter 1:8 ἀγαλλιᾶσθε present middle indicative ongoing 1 Peter 4:13 ἀγαλλιώμενοι present middle participle participle Revelation 19:7 ἀγαλλιῶμεν present active subjunctive subjunctive

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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