Definition

properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult

Etymology

from agan (much) and G242 (ἅλλομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• be (exceeding) glad
• with exceeding joy
• rejoice (greatly)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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