ἱλαρός, ἱλαρα, ἱλαρόν (ἴλαος propitious), cheerful, joyous, prompt to do anything: 2Co_9:7; Pro_19:12; Pro_22:8; Sir_13:26 (); ; 3Ma_6:35; Aristophanes, Xenophon, others.

ἱλαρός hilaros 1x cheerful, not grudging, 2Co_9:7

ἱλαρός , -ά , -όν ( < ἵλαος = ἵλεως , q.v. ), [in LXX : Pro_19:12 ( H7522 ) Pro_22:8 , Ezr_5:1 , Job_33:26 , Sir_13:26 ; Sir_26:4 , 3Ma_6:35 * ;] cheerful, joyous: 2Co_9:7 ( Pro_22:8 ( LXX ))†

ἱλαρός [page 303] BGU I. 332 .12 (ii/iii A.D.) ἱλαρά εἰμι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν , P Giss I. 22 .9 (time of Trajan) τῆς εὐσεβείας μου ἀ [ναλ ]α̣μβ̣ανούσης σε ἀπρόσ [κοπ ]ο̣ν καὶ ἱλαρώτατον . Nδgeli (p. 65 f.) has shown that in the magic papyri ἱλαρός is used practically = the cognate ἵλεως , which appears in Homer as ἵλα [ ϝ ]ος , e.g. P Lond 46 .416 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 78) δεῦρο μάκαρ μνήμης τελεσίφρονος υἱὲ μέγιστε σὴ μορφὴ ἱλαρός τε φάνηθι ἱλαρός τ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλον ἀνθρώπῳ ὁσίῳ μορφήν τ᾽ ἱλαρὸν ἐπιτεῖλον ἐμοὶ τὼ δεῖνα ὄφρα τε μαντοσύναις ταῖς σαῖς ἀρεταῖσι λάβοιμι , P Leid W xiv. 10 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐλθέ μοι πρόθυμος ἱλαρός , ἀπ́ήμαντος , and, in accordance further with LXX usage, he finds a similar meaning in 2Co_9:7 , where the adj. seems to have the force of gracious, friendly. In P Leid X iii. 12 (iii/iv A.D.) it is used of the bright colour of gold which has been cast into a furnace. A new literary reference is provided by P Oxy XI. 1380 .127 (early ii/A.D.), where a ἱλαρὰ ὄψις is ascribed to Isis. In Preisigke 5510 Ἱλαρά is a proper name.

ἱλαρός ἱ^λα^ρός, ή, όν [Etym: ἵλαος] "cheerful, gay, merry, joyous", Lat. hilaris, Ar. , Xen. :— τὸ ἱλαρόν ῀ ἱλαρότης, Plut. adv. -ρῶς, Xen.

ἱλαρός, -ά, -όν (ἵλαος = ἵλεως, which see), [in LXX: Pro.19:12 (רָצוֹן) Pro.22:8, Est.5:1, Job.33:26, Sir.13:26 26:4, 3Ma.6:35 * ;] cheerful, joyous: 2Co.9:7 (Pro.22:8" (LXX) )† (AS)