G5463 – chairo – χαίρω – to rejoice; fig. to greet, hail
- Strong’s ID:
- G5463
- Greek Word:
- χαίρω
- Transliteration:
- chairo
- Pronunciation:
- khah’-ee-ro
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 74
- Search:
- Find “chairo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to rejoice
2) figuratively: to greet (i.e., to send cheers)
3) figuratively: to hail (i.e., to cheerfully approve/welcome)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
a primary verb; to be cheerful, 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.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to rejoice, be glad
2) to rejoice exceedingly
3) to be well, thrive
4) in salutations, hail!
5) at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.