What does ἥδιστα (hḗdista) mean in the Bible?
ἥδιστα (hḗdista) is a Greek word meaning "with great pleasure".
Greek · G2236
ἥδιστα
With great pleasure
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ἥδισταG2236
Pronunciationhḗdista
What does ἥδιστα (hḗdista) mean in the Bible?
ἥδιστα (hḗdista) is a Greek word meaning "with great pleasure".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2236?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include {will} most gladly (1), gladly (1).
Where does ἥδιστα (hḗdista) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 12:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2).
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{will} most gladly1×2 Corinthians 12:15
gladly1×2 Corinthians 12:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Corinthians 12:9
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
2 Corinthians2
Source forms
ἥδιστα1xhēdista2 Corinthians 12:15
Ἥδιστα1xHēdista2 Corinthians 12:9
Parsing patterns
Adverb - Superlative2x2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. with great pleasure
Strong'sG2236
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
with great pleasure
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 12:9Adverb
ἥδισταhdista
most gladly, pleasantly
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:15Adverb
ἥδισταhdista
most gladly, pleasantly
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter2 Cor 12:9 · 2 Cor 12:152×
Word Origins
ἥδιστα is built from this root:
ἡδέωςG2234