Hilaros means “cheerful” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2431 — cheylam (“Helam”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2431 ἱλαρός (hilaros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hilaros (hil-ar-os') adj. 1. cheerful or merry, i.e. prompt or willing [perhaps from the alternate form of G138] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include cheerful. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
hilaros (hil-ar-os') adj. 1. cheerful or merry, i.e. prompt or willing [perhaps from the alternate form of G138] KJV: cheerful Root(s): G138 See also: G2436
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2431. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
cheerful
Usage: ἱλαρός, -ά, -όν (ἵλαος = ἵλεως, which see), [in LXX: Pro.19:12 (רָצוֹן) Pro.22:8, Est.5:1, Job.33:26, Sir.13:26 26:4, 3Ma.6:35 * ;] cheerful, joyous: 2Co.9:7 (Pro.22:8" (LXX) )† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hilaros, 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 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. 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 G2431 (ἱλαρός) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; But as dew on the grass, so is his favor.
He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; And shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. But a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; And the finding out of parables is a wearisome labor of the mind.
Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, He shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2431.
The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; But as dew on the grass, so is his favor.
He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; And shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. But a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; And the finding out of parables is a wearisome labor of the mind.
Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, He shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2431, grouped by book.
Hilaros (Strong's G2431) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cheerful". hilaros (hil-ar-os') adj. 1. cheerful or merry, i.e. prompt or willing [perhaps from the alternate form of G138]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G2431 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2431 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cheerful. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2431, with linked reader references where each row is available.