What does εὐθυμέω (euthyméō) mean in the Bible?
εὐθυμέω (euthyméō): Cheerfulness rooted in confidence or reassurance, not mere happiness; especially encouragement amid difficulty.
Greek · G2114
εὐθυμέω
Be cheerful
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εὐθυμέω G2114
Pronunciation euthyméō
What does εὐθυμέω (euthyméō) mean in the Bible?
εὐθυμέω (euthyméō): Cheerfulness rooted in confidence or reassurance, not mere happiness; especially encouragement amid difficulty.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2114?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include cheerful (1), take courage (1), to keep up your courage (1).
Where does εὐθυμέω (euthyméō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It cheerful 1× James 5:13
take courage 1× Acts 27:25
to keep up your courage 1× Acts 27:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 27:22
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 James 1
Source forms
εὐθυμεῖ 1x euthymei James 5:13
εὐθυμεῖν 1x euthymein Acts 27:22
εὐθυμεῖτε 1x euthymeite Acts 27:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 27:25
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 5:13
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 27:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cheerfulness rooted in confidence or reassurance, not mere happiness; especially encouragement amid difficulty.
Strong's G2114
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 27:13-26 Source Gloss
be cheerful
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:22 Verb Present Active Infinitive
εὐθυμεῖν· euqumein
I am cheerful
Read verse Acts 27:25 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
εὐθυμεῖτε euqumeite
I am cheerful
Read verse James 5:13 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
εὐθυμεῖ euqumei
I am cheerful
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 27:22 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active Acts 27:25 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Jas 5:13 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3
Voice
active 3
Mood
infinitive 1 imperative 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
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)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Be encouraged or cheerful.
Encouraged or confident.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὐθυμέω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Expresses faith-grounded courage amid despair. Acts 27:13-26
Describes the renewed morale rooted in faith. Acts 27:27-38
Canonical Themes
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain