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εὐθυμέω

Be cheerful

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εὐθυμέω G2114
Pronunciation euthyméō

What does εὐθυμέω (euthyméō) mean in the Bible?

εὐθυμέω (euthyméō) is a Greek word meaning "be cheerful". εὐθυμέω, -ῶ (ὔθυμος), [in Sm. Expresses faith-grounded courage amid despair. This term runs through the canonical themes of Faith.

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Meaning

be cheerful
Extended definition

Cheerfulness rooted in confidence or reassurance, not mere happiness; especially encouragement amid difficulty.

(ὔθυμος), [in Sm.: Psa.32:11, Pro.15:15 * ;]

1trans., to make cheerful (Æsch.).
2Intrans. (Eur., Plut.; so mid. in Xen., Plat.), to be of good cheer: Act.27:22, 25, Jas.5:13.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Expresses faith-grounded courage amid despair. Acts 27:13-26
Describes the renewed morale rooted in faith. Acts 27:27-38
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Present
Voices
Active
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 27:22 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active Acts 27:25 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Jas 5:13 1×
3 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing 1 imperative 1 infinitive 1
Tense
present 3
Voice
active 3
Mood
infinitive 1 imperative 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Acts 27:22 εὐθυμεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 27:25 εὐθυμεῖτε present active imperative imperative James 5:13 εὐθυμεῖ present active indicative ongoing

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Canonical Themes
Faith
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
Acts 27:13-26 Take Heart euthyméō Infinitive · Present Active
Be encouraged or cheerful.
Acts 27:27-38 Take Courage euthyméō
Encouraged or confident.
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 27 — The Storm, the Shipwreck, and the Promise of God

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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