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joy, delight G5479 G5479 = G5479 χαρά chara G:N-F joy χαρά, -ᾶς, ἡ (χαίρω), [in LXX for שִׂמְחָה, שָׂשׂוֹן, etc. ;] joy, delight: Łk 1:14 15:7, 10, Jn 15:11 16:22, 24 17:13, Dz 8:8, 2Kor 1:24 7:13 8:2, Ga 5:22, Kol 1:11, Flp 2:2, 1Jn 1:4, 2Jn.12; opposite to κατήφεια, Jk 4:9; to λύπη, Jn 16:20; χ. τῆς πίστεως, Flp 1:25; ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι (χαίρειν, which see), χαρᾷ, Jn 3:29, 1P 1:8; χ. ἔχειν, Phm 7; πληροῦν (-οῦσθαι) χαρᾶς, Dz 13:52, Rz 15:13, 2Tm 1:4; ποιεῖν χ. μεγάλην, Dz 15:3; ἀπὸ τῆς χ., Mt 13:44, Łk 24:41, Dz 12:14; ἐν χ., Rz 15:32; μετὰ χαρᾶς, Mt 13:20 28:8, Mk 4:16, Łk 8:13 10:17 24:52, Flp 1:4 2:29, Hbr 10:34 13:17; id. beforeπνεύματος ἁγίου, 1Tes 1:6; χ. ἐν π. ἁ, Rz 14:17; χ. ἐπί, 2Kor 7:4; διά, 1Tes 3:9; ὅτι, Jn 16:21; ἵνα, III Jn 4 By meton., of the cause or occasion of joy: Łk 2:10, 2Kor 1:15, WH, txt., R, mg., Flp 4:1, 1Tes 2:19-20, Hbr 12:2, Jk 1:2; ἡ χ. τ. κυρίου, Mt 25:21, 23.† (AS)