Greek · G2165, G2988

εὐφραινόμενος ... λαμπρῶς

To celebrate · magnificently

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εὐφραίνω G2165 to celebrate

Pronunciation euphraínō

Active sense means to gladden another; passive means to rejoice or celebrate with festive joy.

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λαμπρῶς G2988 magnificently

Pronunciation lamprōs

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What does εὐφραινόμενος ... λαμπρῶς (euphrainomenos ... lamprōs) mean in the Bible?

εὐφραίνω · λαμπρῶς is a Greek phrase meaning "celebrating/living joyfully in splendid luxury".

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What does εὐφραίνω · λαμπρῶς mean in the Bible?

εὐφραίνω · λαμπρῶς is a Greek phrase meaning "celebrating/living joyfully in splendid luxury".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2165, G2988?

G2165, G2988 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. celebrating/living joyfully in splendid luxury

Strong's G2165, G2988

Lexical occurrences 14 verses Word forms 5 forms 14 references

Source Gloss

celebrating/living joyfully in splendid luxury

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 14 Tenses Present, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Passive, Active

Tenses

Present Aorist Imperfect

Voices

Passive Active

Imperative command or strong request 5×

Present Passive Luke 12:19 · Rev 18:20 · Rev 12:12 3×

Aorist Passive Rom 15:10 · Gal 4:27 2×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×

Aorist Passive Luke 15:23 · Luke 15:29 2×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×

Present Passive Luke 15:24 1×

Aorist Passive Luke 15:32 1×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×

Present Passive Luke 16:19 1×

Present Active 2 Cor 2:2 1×

Indicative states a fact or reality 3×

Aorist Passive Acts 2:26 1×

Imperfect Passive Acts 7:41 1×

Present Passive Rev 11:10 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 14 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 1 ongoing 1 imperative 5 background 1 subjunctive 2 infinitive 2 participle 2

Tense

present 7 aorist 6 imperfect 1

Voice

passive 13 active 1

Mood

imperative 5 indicative 3 participle 2 subjunctive 2 infinitive 2

NT Occurrences

Luke 12:19 εὐφραίνου present passive imperative imperative Luke 15:23 εὐφρανθῶμεν aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Luke 15:24 εὐφραίνεσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Luke 15:29 εὐφρανθῶ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Luke 15:32 εὐφρανθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Luke 16:19 εὐφραινόμενος present passive participle participle Acts 2:26 ηὐφράνθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 7:41 εὐφραίνοντο imperfect passive indicative background Romans 15:10 Εὐφράνθητε aorist passive imperative imperative 2 Corinthians 2:2 εὐφραίνων present active participle participle Galatians 4:27 Εὐφράνθητι aorist passive imperative imperative Revelation 11:10 εὐφραίνονται present passive indicative ongoing Revelation 12:12 εὐφραίνεσθε present passive imperative imperative Revelation 18:20 Εὐφραίνου present passive imperative imperative

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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