Quick Definition
most gladly, pleasantly
Strong's Definition
with great pleasure
Derivation: neuter plural of the superlative of the same as G2234 (ἡδέως);
KJV Usage: most (very) gladly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἥδιστα (neuter plural of the superlative ἥδιστος from ἡδύς), adverb, most gladly (cf. ἡδέως): 2Co_12:9; 2Co_12:15. (Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G2234, G2236
ἡδέως hēdeōs 5x
with pleasure, gladly, willingly, Mar_6:20 ; Mar_12:37 ; 2Co_11:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἥδιστα , see ἡδέως G2234 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἥδιστα [page 278]
P Oxy VII. 1061 .21 (B.C. 22) σὺ δὲ γράφε ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐὰν θέλῃς καὶ ἥδιστα ποιήσωι , P Lond 897 .8 (A.D. 84) (= III. p. 207) ἥδιστα πάντας καταλείψωι εἵνα μὴ τὴν πρός σε φιλείαν καταλείψωι , P Oxy VI. 933 .5 (late ii/A.D.) ἥδιστά σε ἀσπάζομ [αι . For a good ex. of the elative ἥδιστα see the Bezan addition in Act_13:6 ἐπειδὴ ἥδιστα ἤκουεν αὐτῶν : cf. 2Co_12:9 ; 2Co_12:15 .
The adj. is found in a medical prescription of ii/iii A.D., P Oxy II. 234 .39 λιβ ]ανωτὸν οἴνῳ [διεὶ ]ς ἡδίστῳ κλύζε [τὸ ο ]ὖς , dilute frankincense with very sweet wine and syringe the ear.
For the comp. ἥδιον (as in Sir_22:11 ) see BGU II. 372 i. 15 (A.D. 154) (as amended Chrest. I. p. 33 ) ἵ ]να δὲ τοῦτο προθυμ [ότ ]ερο [ν ] κ̣α̣[ὶ ] ἥδιο [ν π ]ο [ιή ]σω [σιν , and Priene 105 .19 ( c. B.C. 9) ἥδειον δ᾽ ἂν ἀνθρώποι [ς ] ἦν κοινὴν πᾶσιν ἡμέραν γενέθλιον ἀγαγ̣[εῖν , ἐ ]ὰν προσγένηται αὐτοῖς καὶ ἰδία τις διὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἡδον [ή the important Calendar inscr. of the proconsul Paullus Fabius Maximus proposing to the Greeks in Asia to commence the year with the birthday of the Emperor Augustus (see Deissmann LAE , p. 370 f., Rouffiac Recherches , p. 67 ff.).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἥδιστα, see: ἡδέως.
ἡδέως
adv. (ἡδύς, sweet), [in LXX: Pro.3:24 (עָרַב), etc. ;]
gladly, with pleasure: Mrk.6:20 12:37, 2Co.11:19; superlat., ἥδιστα, very gladly (B1., § 11, 3), 2Co.12:9 12:15.†
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