Lexical Summary
hilaros: Cheerful, joyful
Original Word: ἱλαρός
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hilaros
Pronunciation: hē-lä-ro's
Phonetic Spelling: (hil-ar-os')
KJV: cheerful
NASB: cheerful
Word Origin: [perhaps from the alternate form of G138 (αἱρέομαι - choose)]
1. cheerful or merry, i.e. prompt or willing
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cheerful.
From the same as hileos; propitious or merry ("hilarious"), i.e. Prompt or willing -- cheerful.
see GREEK hileos
HELPS Word-studies
2431 hilarós – properly, propitious; disposed because satisfied – describing someone who is cheerfully ready to act because already approving ("already persuaded"). 2431 /hilarós ("won over, already inclined") is only used in 2 Cor 9:7 where it describes spontaneously non-reluctant giving.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom the same as
hileósDefinitioncheerful
NASB Translationcheerful (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2431: ἱλαρόςἱλαρός,
ἱλαρα,
ἱλαρόν (
ἴλαος propitious),
cheerful, joyous, prompt to do anything:
2 Corinthians 9:7;
Proverbs 19:12;
Proverbs 22:8; Sir. 13:26 (
