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chaírō

khah'-ee-ro

a primary verb; to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:--farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.

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68 occurrences

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• Acts 11:23
  Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Acts 13:48
  And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
• Acts 15:23
  And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
• Acts 15:31
  Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
• Acts 23:26
  Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
• Romans 12:12
  Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
• Romans 16:19
  For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
• 1 Corinthians 7:30
  And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
• 1 Corinthians 13:6
  Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

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75 in the Septuagint, in 72 verses

The first 40, in the order of the Septuagint’s books.

• Genesis 45:16
  Καὶ διεβοήθη ἡ φωνὴ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραὼ λέγοντες Ἥκασιν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσήφ· ἐχάρη δὲ Φαραὼ καὶ ἡ θεραπεία αὐτοῦ.
• Exodus 4:14
  καὶ θυμωθεὶς ὀργῇ Κύριος ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν εἶπεν Οὐκ ἰδοὺ Ἀαρὼν ὁ ἀδελφός σου ὁ Λευείτης; ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι λαλῶν λαλήσει αὐτός σοι· καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐξελεύσεται εἰς συνάντησίν σοι, καὶ ἰδών σε χαρήσεται ἐν ἑαυτῷ.
• Exodus 4:31
  καὶ ἐπίστευσεν ὁ λαός, καὶ ἐχάρη ὅτι ἐπεσκέψατο ὁ θεὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ὅτι εἶδεν αὐτῶν τὴν θλῖψιν· κύψας δὲ ὁ λαὸς προσεκύνησεν.
• 1 Kingdoms 19:5
  καὶ ἔθετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὸν ἀλλόφυλον, καὶ ἐποίησεν Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ εἶδον καὶ ἐχάρησαν· καὶ τί τί ἁμαρτάνεις εἰς αἷμα ἀθῷον θανατῶσαι τὸν Δαυεὶδ δωρεάν;
• 3 Kingdoms 2:46a
  Καὶ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν φρόνιμος σφόδρα καὶ σοφός· καὶ Ἰουδὰ καὶ Ἰσραὴλ πολλοὶ σφόδρα ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ χαίροντες.
• 3 Kingdoms 5:7
  καὶ ἐγενήθη καθὼς ἤκουσεν Χειρὰμ τῶν λόγων Σαλωμών, ἐχάρη σφόδρα καὶ εἶπεν Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς σήμερον ὃς ἔδωκεν τῷ Δαυεὶδ υἱὸν φρόνιμον ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν πολὺν τοῦτον.
• 3 Kingdoms 8:66
  καὶ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν λαόν, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ χαίροντες· καὶ ἀγαθὴ ἡ καρδία ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς οἷς ἐποίησεν Κύριος τῷ Δαυεὶδ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ λαῷ αὐτοῦ.
• 4 Kingdoms 11:14
  καὶ εἶδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου κατὰ τὸ κρίμα, καὶ οἱ ᾠδοὶ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς χαίρων καὶ σαλπίζων ἐν σάλπιγξιν· καὶ διέρρηξεν Γοθολία τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτῆς, καὶ ἐβόησεν Σύνδεσμος, σύνδεσμος.
• 4 Kingdoms 20:13
  καὶ ἐχάρη ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς Ἑζεκίας, καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ὅλον τὸν οἶκον τοῦ νεχωθά, τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, τὰ ἀρώματα καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τῶν σκευῶν, καὶ ὅσα ηὑρέθη ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἦν λόγος ὃν οὐκ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς Ἑζεκίας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
• 1 Esdras 6:7
  Ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς ἧς ἔγραψεν Δαρείῳ καὶ ἀπέστειλαν Σισίννης ὁ ἔπαρχος Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης καὶ οἱ συνέταιροι οἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόνες Βασιλεῖ Δαρείῳ χαίρειν.
• 1 Esdras 8:9
  Βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης Ἔσρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου χαίρειν.
• Esther 8:1a
  Ὧν ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ σατραπείαις χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς τὰ ἡμέτερα φρονοῦσι χαίρειν.
• Esther 8:15
  ὁ δὲ Μαρδοχαῖος ἐξῆλθεν ἐστολισμένος τὴν βασιλικὴν στολὴν καὶ στέφανον ἔχων χρυσοῦν καὶ διάδημα βύσσινον πορφυροῦν· ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Σούσοις ἐχάρησαν.
• Tobit (B + A) 11:15
  ὅτι ἐμαστίγωσας καὶ ἠλέησάς με· ἰδοὺ βλέπω Τωβείαν τὸν υἱόν μου. καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ χαίρων, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ τὰ μεγαλεῖα τὰ γενόμενα αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ Μηδείᾳ.
• Tobit (B + A) 11:16
  Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Γωβείας εἰς συνάντησιν τῇ νύμφη αὐτοῦ, χαίρων καὶ εὐλογῶν τὸν θεόν, πρὸς τῇ πύλῃ Νινευή. καὶ ἐθαύμαζον οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτὸν πορευόμενον, ὅτι ἔβλεψεν·
• Tobit (B + A) 13:13
  χάρηθι καὶ ἀγαλλίασαι ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν δικαίων, ὅτι συναχθήσονται καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν τὸν κύριον τῶν δικαίων.
• Tobit (B + A) 13:14
  ὦ μακάριοι οἱ ἀγαπῶντές σε· χαρήσονται ἐπὶ τῇ εἰρήνῃ σου. μακάριοι ὅσοι ἐλυπήθησαν ἐπὶ ταῖς μάστιξίν σου, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ χαρήσονται θεασάμενοι πᾶσαν τὴν δόξαν σου· καὶ εὐφρανθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἡ ψυχή μου.
• Tobit (B + A) 14:7
  καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη Κύριον. καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ὑψώσει Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ χαρήσονται πάντες οἱ ἀγαπῶντες Κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, ποιοῦντες ἔλεος τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἡμῶν.
• Tobit (B + A) 14:15
  καὶ ἤκουσεν πρὶν ἢ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτὸν τὴν ἀπωλίαν Νινευὴ ἣν ᾐχμαλώτισεν Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ καὶ Ἀσύηρος· ἐχάρη πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν ἐπὶ Νινευή. ἀμήν.
• 1 Maccabees 10:18
  Βασιλεὺς Ἀλέξανδρος τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἰωναθὰν χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 10:25
  καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους Βασιλεὺς Δημήτριος τῷ ἔθνει τῶν Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 10:26
  ἐπεὶ συνετηρήσατε τὰς πρὸς ἡμᾶς συνθήκας καὶ ἐνεμείνατε τῇ φιλίᾳ ἡμῶν καὶ οὐ προσεχωρήσατε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἡμῶν, ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐχάρημεν.
• 1 Maccabees 11:30
  Βασιλεὺς Δημήτριος Ἰωναθὰν τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν, καὶ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίῳ.
• 1 Maccabees 11:32
  Βασιλεὺς Δημήτριος Λασθένει τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 12:6
  Ἰωναθὰν ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ ἔθνους καὶ ἡ γερουσία καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ λοιπὸς δῆμος τῶν Ἰουδαίων Σπαρτιάταις τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 12:20
  Ἄρης βασιλεὺς Σπαρτιατῶν Ὀνείᾳ ἱερεῖ μεγάλῳ χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 13:36
  Βασιλεὺς Δημήτριος Σίμωνι ἀρχιερεῖ καὶ φίλῳ βασιλέων καὶ πρεσβυτέροις καὶ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 14:20
  καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἀντίγραφον τῶν ἐπιστολῶν ὧν ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται Σπαρτιατῶν ἄρχοντες καὶ ἡ πόλις Σίμωνι ἱερεῖ μεγάλῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τῷ λοιπῷ δήμῳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀδελφοῖς χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 15:2
  καὶ ἦσαν περιέχουσαι τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον Βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος Σίμωνι ἱερεῖ μεγάλῳ καὶ ἐθνάρχῃ καὶ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν.
• 1 Maccabees 15:16
  Λεύκιος ὕπατος Ῥωμαίων Πτολεμαίῳ βασιλεῖ χαίρειν.
• 2 Maccabees 1:1
  Τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς κατ’ Αἴγυπτον Ἰουδαίοις χαίρειν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ἐν Ἰεροσολύμοις Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας. εἰρήνην ἀγαθήν·
• 2 Maccabees 1:10
  ἔτους ὀγδοηκοστοῦ καὶ ὀγδόου ἐν Ἰεροσολύμοις. Καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ ἡ γερουσία καὶ Ἰούδας Ἀριστοβούλῳ διδασκάλῳ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ βασιλέως, ὄντι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τῶν χριστῶν ἱερέων γένους, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἰουδαίοις, χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν.
• 2 Maccabees 9:19
  Τοῖς χρηστοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τοῖς πολίταις πολλὰ χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν καὶ εὖ πράττειν βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος καὶ στρατηγός·
• 2 Maccabees 11:16
  ἦσαν γὰρ γεγραμμέναι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ἐπιστολαὶ παρὰ μὲν Λυσίου, περιέχουσαι τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον Λυσίας τῷ πλήθει τῶν Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν.
• 2 Maccabees 11:22
  Ἡ δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιστολὴ περιεῖχεν οὕτως Βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος τῷ ἀδελφῷ Λυσίᾳ χαίρειν.
• 2 Maccabees 11:27
  Πρὸς δὲ τὸ ἔθνος ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιστολὴ τοιάδε ἦν Βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος τῇ γερουσίᾳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἰουδαίοις χαίρειν.
• 2 Maccabees 11:34
  Ἔπεμψαν δὲ καὶ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπιστολὴν ἔχουσαν οὕτως Κόιντος Μέμμιος, Τίτος Μάνιος, πρεσβῦται Ῥωμαίων, τῷ δήμῳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν.
• 3 Maccabees 3:12
  Βασιλεὺς Πτολεμαῖος Φιλοπάτωρ τοῖς κατ’ Αἴγυπτον καὶ κατὰ τόπον στρατηγοῖς καὶ στρατιώταις χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι.
• 3 Maccabees 7:1
  Βασιλεὺς Πτολεμαῖος Φιλοπάτωρ τοῖς κατ’ Αἴγυπτον στρατηγοῖς καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς τεταγμένοις ἐπὶ πραγμάτων χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι.
• 4 Maccabees 4:22
  ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολεμῶν ἣν κατ’ Αἴγυπτον Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν τε ὅτι φήμης διαδοθείσης περὶ τοῦ τεθνάναι αὐτόν, ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χαίροιεν οἱ Ἰεροσολυμεῖται, ταχέως ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀνέζευξεν.

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