Definition

to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well

Etymology

a primary verb;

Where the KJV renders it

• farewell
• be glad
• God speed
• greeting
• hall
• joy(- fully)
• rejoice

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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