ἐπιχαίρω
rejoice over, gloat
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐπιχαίρω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 15 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.
- Psalms 34:19 ἐπιχαίρω Let not them that are my enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.
- Psalms 34:24 ἐπιχαίρω Judge me, O Lord, according to your righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.
- Psalms 34:26 ἐπιχαίρω Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.
- Psalms 37:17 ἐπιχαίρω For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.
- Psalms 40:12 ἐπιχαίρω But you did help me because of my innocence, and have established me before you for ever.
- Proverbs 17:5 ἐπιχαίρω He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
- Proverbs 17:18 ἐπιχαίρω A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
- Proverbs 24:17 ἐπιχαίρω If your enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
- Ezekiel 25:3 ἐπιχαίρω and you shall say to the children of Ammon, Hear you⌃ the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord; Forasmuch as you⌃ have rejoiced against my sanctuary, because it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, because it was laid waste; and against the house of Juda, because they went into captivity;
- Ezekiel 25:6 ἐπιχαίρω For thus says the Lord; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with your foot, and heartily rejoiced against the land of Israel;
- Ezekiel 25:15 ἐπιχαίρω Therefore thus says the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy the Israelites to a man;
- Hosea 10:5 ἐπιχαίρω The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
- Obadiah 1:12 ἐπιχαίρω And you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day of strangers; nor should you have rejoiced against the children of Juda in the day of their destruction; neither should you have boasted in the day of their affliction.
- Micah 4:11 ἐπιχαίρω And now have many nations gathered against you, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion.
- Micah 7:8 ἐπιχαίρω Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
About this word
About this word
ἐπιχαίρω (epichaírō), “rejoice over, gloat,” 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 15 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 →