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To delight

συνήδομαιStrong’s G4913

sunēdomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sunēdomai is the Greek word usually translated “delight”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”
Romans 7:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “delight”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i delight 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    συνήδομαι sunēdomai · to delight

    συν-ήδομαι to rejoice together; with dative, to rejoice with or in: τ. νόμῳ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.7:22 (see Lft., Notes, 304).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “delight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DELIGHT, noun

    1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.“His delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalms 1:2
    2. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight“I was daily his delight” Proverbs 8:30
    All definitions and other forms of “delight”

      DELIGHT, verb transitive

      1. To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.“I will delight myself in thy statutes. 19” Psalms 119:16
      2. To receive great pleasure in.“I delight to do thy will” Psalms 40:8

      DELIGHT, verb intransitive

      To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in.

      1. “I delight in the law of God after the inward man” Romans 7:22

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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