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Be cheerful

εὐθυμέωStrong’s G2114

euthumeō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Euthumeō is the Greek word usually translated “keep up your courage”, “take courage” and “is cheerful”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.”
Acts 27:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “keep up your courage”, “take courage” and “is cheerful”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to keep up your courage 1
  • take courage 1
  • is cheerful 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2
  • James 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

εὐθυμέω euthumeō · be cheerful

εὐθυμέω, -ῶ (ὔθυμος), [in Sm.: Psa.32:11, Pro.15:15 * ;] 1. trans., to make cheerful (Æsch.). 2. Intrans. (Eur., Plut.; so mid. in Xen., Plat.), to be of good cheer: Act.27:22, 25, Jas.5:13.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.