ἀγαθύνω
do good, gladden
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἀγαθύνω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 21 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Judges 16:25 ἀγαθύνω And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
- Judges 17:13 ἀγαθύνω And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
- Judges 18:20 ἀγαθύνω And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
- Judges 19:6 ἀγαθύνω So they two sat down together and ate and drank: and the father of the damsel said to her husband, Tarry now the night, and let your heart be merry.
- Judges 19:9 ἀγαθύνω And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, an let your heart rejoice; and you⌃ shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and you shall go to your habitation.
- Judges 19:22 ἀγαθύνω And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
- Ruth 3:7 ἀγαθύνω And Booz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.
- Ruth 3:10 ἀγαθύνω And Booz said, Blessed be you of the Lord God, my daughter, for you have made your latter kindness greater than the former, in that you follow not after young men, whether any be poor or rich.
- 2 Samuel 13:28 ἀγαθύνω And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Strike Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.
- 1 Kings 1:47 ἀγαθύνω And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed.
- 2 Kings 9:30 ἀγαθύνω And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard of it, and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
- 2 Kings 10:30 ἀγαθύνω And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all your deeds wherein you have acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which you have done to the house of Achaab as they were in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.
- Ezra 7:18 ἀγαθύνω And whatever it shall seem good to you and to your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do as it is pleasing to your God.
- Ezra 12:5 ἀγαθύνω
- Ezra 12:6 ἀγαθύνω
- Psalms 35:4 ἀγαθύνω He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.
- Psalms 48:19 ἀγαθύνω Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.
- Psalms 50:20 ἀγαθύνω
- Psalms 124:4 ἀγαθύνω Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 ἀγαθύνω It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 ἀγαθύνω Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
About this word
About this word
ἀγαθύνω (agathýnō), “do good, gladden,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 21 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →