G20Greekgladness, (exceeding) joy
gladness, (exceeding) joy
exultation; specially, welcome
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Detailed Definition
- 1exultation, extreme joy, gladness
Etymology & Derivation
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Scholarly Notes
at feasts, people were anointed with the "oil of gladness." paul, in hebrews 1:9, is alluding to this inaugural ceremony of anointing, and uses it as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which to which the son of god has been exalted.