Agalliasis means “gladness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H20 — abattiach (“melon”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G20 ἀγαλλίασις (agalliasis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. agalliasis (ag-al-lee'-as-is) n. 1. exultation 2. (specially) welcome It has 23 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include gladness, joy, and exceeding. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
agalliasis (ag-al-lee'-as-is) n. 1. exultation 2. (specially) welcome [from G21] KJV: gladness, (exceeding) joy Root(s): G21
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G20. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
joy
Usage: ἀγαλλίασις, -εως, ἡ (ἀγαλλιάω), [in LXX (most frequently in Pss. and often coupled with εὐφροσύνη, as Ps 44(45):15) chiefly for גִּיל ;] exultation, exuberant joy: Luk.1:44, Act.2:46, Heb.1:9, Ju 24; χαρὰ καὶ ἀ., Luk.1:14 (Cremer, 592).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render agalliasis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G20 (ἀγαλλίασις) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For anger is in his wrath, But life in his favor: Weeping shall tarry for the evening, But joy shall be in the morning.
I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee With the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
And they shall not again transgress, Nor shall they sin all the days of their life, Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath, But they shall complete the number of the days of their life. And their lives shall be increased in peace, And the years of their joy shall be multiplied, In eternal gladness and peace, All the days of their life
First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G20.
For anger is in his wrath, But life in his favor: Weeping shall tarry for the evening, But joy shall be in the morning.
I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee With the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: They shall be led into the king’s temple.
Clap your hands, all ye nations; Shout to God with a voice of exultation.
Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: The afflicted bones shall rejoice.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: Establish me with thy directing Spirit.
Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; And my joyful lips shall praise thy name.
The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; And the hills shall gird themselves with joy.
Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before his presence with exultation.
And he brought out his people with exultation, And his chosen with joy;
And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, And proclaim his works with exultation.
The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: The right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.
Then was our mouth filled with joy, And our tongue with exultation: Then would they say among the Gentiles,
They that sow in tears Shall reap in joy.
I will clothe her priests with salvation; And her saints shall greatly exult.
for by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Zion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
And they shall not again transgress, Nor shall they sin all the days of their life, Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath, But they shall complete the number of the days of their life. And their lives shall be increased in peace, And the years of their joy shall be multiplied, In eternal gladness and peace, All the days of their life
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Agalliasis (Strong's G20) is a Greek word most simply glossed "gladness". agalliasis (ag-al-lee'-as-is) n. 1. exultation 2. (specially) welcome
This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G20 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G20 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gladness, joy, and exceeding. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G20, with linked reader references where each row is available.