# G2165 εὐφραίνω

εὐφραίνω (euphraínō), Strong’s G2165: to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice KJV: fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice. Occurs 237 times.

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*euphraínō* — to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice

KJV: fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice

Built from [εὖ eû](https://besorah.bible/word/G2095) (good) + [φρήν phrḗn](https://besorah.bible/word/G5424) (the midrif)

Occurs 237 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 12:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=19) — I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
- [Luke 15:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=23) — Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
- [Luke 15:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=24) — for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
- [Luke 15:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=29) — But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours…
- [Luke 15:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=32) — But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and…
- [Luke 16:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=19) — “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
- [Acts 7:41](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=41) — They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
- [Romans 15:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/15?v=10) — Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
- [2 Corinthians 2:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/2?v=2) — For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
- [Galatians 4:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/4?v=27) — For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate…