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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ἥδιστα G2236
Pronunciation hḗdista
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 gladly 1× 2 Corinthians 12:15
gladly 1× 2 Corinthians 12:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 12:9
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
2 Corinthians 2
Source forms
ἥδιστα 1x hēdista 2 Corinthians 12:15
Ἥδιστα 1x Hēdista 2 Corinthians 12:9
Parsing patterns
Adverb - Superlative 2x 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. with great pleasure
Strong's G2236
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
with great pleasure
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 12:9 Adverb
ἥδιστα hdista
most gladly, pleasantly
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:15 Adverb
ἥδιστα hdista
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 2 Cor 12:9 · 2 Cor 12:15 2×
Word Origins
ἥδιστα is built from this root:
ἡδέως G2234
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