χαίρω; impf. ἔχαιρον; fut. χαρήσομαι (Lk. i. 14; In. xvi. 20, 22; Phil. i. 18, for the earlier form χαιρήσω, cf. [W. 90 (86); B. 68 (60)]; Bétm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 322 sq. ; Matthiae ὃ 255 s.v.; Kiihner $343 s.v.; Kriiger § 40 s.v.; [Veitchs. y.]), once χαρῶ (Rev. xi. 10 Rec., a form occurring nowhere else); 2 aor. [pass. as act.] ἐχάρην cf. συγχαίρω, init.]; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for nov, m1, wi; to rejoice, be glad; a. in the prop. and strict sense: [Mk. xiv. 11]; Lk. xv. δ, [32]; xix. 6, 37; viii. 89; xi. 235 xiii. 48; 2 Co. [vi. 10]; vii. 7; xiii. 9,11 ΘΒ refer this to b. in the sense of farewell]; Phil. ii. 17, 28; Col. ii. 5; 1 Th. v.16; 1 Pet. iv. 18; 5. Jn. 3; opp. to κλαίειν, Ro. xii. 153 1 Co. vii. 30; opp. to κλαίειν x. θρηνεῖν, In. xvi. 20; opp. to λύπην ἔχειν, ib. 22; joined with ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι, Mt. v. 12; Rey. xix. 7; with oxiprav, Lk. vi. 23 ; χαίρειν ἐν κυρίῳ (see ἐν, I. 6 Ὁ. Ὁ. 211

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to rejoice, be glad, be joyful, be full of joy, Mt. 2:10; 5:12; 18:13; Mk. 14:11; Rom. 12:12; 2 Cor. 2:3; a term of salutation, Hail! Mt. 26:49; λέγω χαίρειν, to greet, 2 Jn. 10:11; an epistolary forth, Health! Acts 15:23

χαίρω

[in LXX for שָׂמַח (Ge 45:16, al.), גִּיל (Pr 2:14, al.), etc.; inf., as greeting (v. infr.), Is 48:22 57:21 שָׁלוֹם), I Mac 10:18, II Mac 1:1 and freq. in these books ;]

to rejoice, be glad: Mk 14:11, Lk 15:5, 32 19:6, 37 22:5 23:8, Jo 4:36 8:56 20:20, Ac 5:41 8:39 11:23 13:48, II Co 6:10 7:7 13:9, Phl 2:17, 28, Col 2:5, I Th 5:16, I Pe 4:13, III Jo 3; χ. καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι, Mt 5:12; κ. σκιρτᾶν, Lk 6:23; opp. to κλαίειν, Ro 12:15, I Co 7:30; to κλαίειν κ. θρηνεῖν Jo 16:20; to λύπην ἔχειν, ib. 22; c. cogn. acc, χ. χαρὰν μεγάλην, Mt 2:10; χαρᾷ χ. (B1., § 38, 3; Dalman, Words, 34 f.), Jo 3:29; ἡ χαρὰ ᾗ χαίρομεν, I Th 3:9; c. prep. (Bl., § 38, 2), ἐπί, c. dat. (simple dat. in cl.), Mt 18:13, Lk 1:14 13:17, Ac 15:31, Ro 16:19, I Co 13:6 16:17, II Co 7:13, Re 11:10; διά, Jo 3:29 11:15, I Th 3:9; ἐν, Phl 1:18; ἀπό, II Co 2:3; c. acc. (Dem.), Phl 2:18; seq. ὅτι, Jo 14:28, II Co 7:9, 16, II Jo 4; ἐν τούτῳ ὅτι, Lk 10:20; c. dat., Ro 12:1; ἐν κυρίῳ, Phl 4:10

In salutations, imperat., χαῖρε, χαίρετε,

at meeting, hail: Mt 26:49 27:29, Mk 15:18, Lk 1:28, Jo 19:3; pl., Mt 28:9; so χαίρειν λέγω, to give greeting, II Jo 11; in letters, χαίρειν (sc. λέγει; Bl., § 81, 1), greeting: Ac 15:23 23:26 Ja 1:1;

at parting, farewell: II Co 13:11;

on other occasions, be of good cheer: ἐν κυρίῳ, Phl 3:1 4:4 (cf. συν-χαίρω).†

χαίρω, “rejoice”: P Eleph 133 (B.C. 223-222) ἐκομισάμην τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολήν, ἣν ἀναγνοὺς ἐχάρην (οί. Proleg. Ρ. 161) ἐπὶ τῶι με αἰσθέσθαι τὰ κατὰ σέ, P Berol 11662% (time of Claudius) (= Olsson, p. 190) πρὸ μὲν πάντων ἐχάρην μεγάλως λαβών σου [ἐἸπιστολήν, ὅτι ὑγειαίνεις, similarly P Giss I. 21% (time of Trajan), BGU II. 531}: 5 (ii/a.D.), and P Oxy I. 4117 (iii/iv a.D.) ἐπὶ τούτῳ σφόδρα χαίρω. It should be noted that in Phil 31, 44, RV marg. renders χαίρετε by ‘‘farewell.”’ Lightfoot (Comm. ad //.) combines the two meanings “‘ farewell” and “‘ rejoice,” but the latter is generally preferred by the commentators. The verb is very common in the opening address of letters, asin Ac 1578, 253. cf. Jas 17, e.g. ἘΣ Eleph 10” (B.c. 223— 222) Evdppovios Μίλωνι χαίρειν (for imper. inf. see Proleg. p- 179f.), P Oxy II. 2925 (c. A.D. 25) Θέων Τυράννωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν, P Ryl 11. 157% (A.D. 135) ἀλλήλαις xal[C]pev, ‘mutual greetings,” and the official petition to a strategus P Oxy VIII. 1119* (A.D. 254) ᾿Αντώνιος ᾿Αλέξανδρος στρατηγῷ ᾿Οξυρυγχείτου χαίρειν. Wilcken cites UPZ i. 621 (before the end of B.C. 161 (or 160)) Διονύσι[ος Πτολε]μαίωι χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι, as the oldest ex. of that combination. Cf. P Oxy IV. 746? (A.D. 16) Θέων ἩἩρακλείδηι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. In 7. 822 (c. A.D. I) εὖ πράσσειν is substituted for χαίρειν. The imper. takes the place of the inf. in such greetings as P Oxy XIV. 16641 (iii/A.p.) Katpe, κύριέ pov ᾿Απίων. “‘Greeting, my lord Apion,” and similarly 2. 16671 (iii/A.D.), 26. IX. 118518 (c. a.p. 200), 76. XII. 149218 (Christian— ili/iv A.D.) Xaft]pe, tep[e υἱὲ] Anpnrprfavé. Occasionally, during the Roman period, we have χαίροις for χαῖρε, as P Oxy III. 526! (ii/a.p.) Xatpors Kaddkarpe, Ἱ ὑριλλός σε προσαγορεύω, ‘Greeting, Calocaerus: I, Cyrillus, address you,” 2. I, 112! (iii/iv a.p.), and P Iand I. 12 (ili/iv A.D.) (see the editor’s note). For epistolary phrases with χαίρω, see further ἃ. A. Gerhard Untersuchungen sur Geschichte des Griech. Briefes (Heidelberg, 1903), Ziemann Zfis¢. (see Abbreviations I. General), Exler Zfistolography (see 1b.), and the note ‘On some current epistolary phrases” by J. A. Ephesians, p. 275 ff. A good ex. of χαιρετίζω, as in LXX Tob 7}, is supplied by P Oxy X. 1242%° (early iii/A.D.), cited s.v. χαλεπός. For ἐπιχαίρω of malignant exulting, see the prayer for vengeance Prezsighe 1323 (ii/A.D.) ἤ τις αὐτῇ (sc. the suppliant) φάρμακα ἐποίησε ἡ καὶ ἐπέχαρέ τις αὐτῆς τῷ θανάτῳ ἡ ἐπιχαρεῖ, μετέλθετε αὐτούς. Robinson

χαίρω (chairō) — to rejoice. χαίρω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural imperative χαιρόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect, Epic dialect χαῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χαίρεσκον [Refs]: future χαιρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect reduplicate infinitive κεχᾰρησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later χᾰρῶ variant in [NT]: aorist ἐχαίρησα [Refs 1st c.AD+]: perfect κεχάρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -ηκώς[Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle (in same sense), χαίρομαι, noted as a barbarism in [Refs 5th c.BC+]future χᾰρήσομαι Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Doric dialect χαρησοῦμαι [LXX+4th c.BC+]; Epic dialect κεχᾰρήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 participle χαιρησάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Epic dialect aorist 1 χήρατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle χηράμενος [Refs 1st c.AD+]: Epic dialect reduplicate aorist 2, 3rd.pers. plural κεχάροντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative 3rd.pers. singular and plural κεχάροιτο, -οίατο, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive (in same sense), aorist 2 ἐχάρην [ᾰ] [Refs], etc., Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular χάρη [Refs]; subjunctive χᾰρῇς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive χᾰρῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; participle χᾰρείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; perfect κεχάρημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle κεχαρμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect 3rd.pers. singular and plural κεχάρητο, -ηντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—rejoice, be glad, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. νόῳ to rejoice in wardly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to λυπεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀλγεῖν, [Refs] —Constr.,

1. with dative of things, rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, νίκῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a participle added, χάρη δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a participle added, ἐπ᾽ ἐξεργασμένοις κακοῖσι χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] express one's joy by laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

1. b of a plant, χαίρει ὑφάμμοις χωρίοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. rarely with accusative, with a participle added, χαίρω δέ σ᾽ εὐτυχοῦντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαίρω σ᾽ [ἐλθόντα] [Refs] (this usage is said to be Oropian, [Refs]

2. b with a neuter adjective, ταὐτὰ λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ταὐτὰ χαίρειν τοῖς πολλοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. with participle, χαίρω.. τὸν μῦθον ἀκούσας I rejoice at having heard, am glad to hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b with participle present, delight in doing, to be wont to do, χρεώμενοι χαίρουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. χαίρειν ὅττι or ὅτι.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐχάρην καὶ ἐθρασυνάμην ὅτι ἔμαθον.. [Refs 4th c.AD+]; χ. οὕνεκα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. with negative, especially with future, οὐ χαιρήσεις thou wilt or shalt not rejoice, i.e. thou shalt not go unpunished, shalt repent it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὣς Κῦρός γε χαιρήσει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with an interrogative, σὺ.. χαιρήσειν νομίζει; [Refs 1st c.AD+]: rarely with other tenses, ὅπως ἂν μὴ χαίρωσιν. [Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, see below [Refs]

III. frequently in imperative χαῖρε, dual χαίρετον, plural χαίρετε, as a form of greeting,

III.1. at meeting, hail, welcome (especially in the morning, accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in greeting one's native land, the sun, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.1. b sometimes implied in the use of χαίρω, κῆρυξ Ἀχαιῶν, χαῖρε.. Answ. χαίρω I accept the greeting, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νῦν πᾶσι χαίρω, νῦν με πᾶς ἀσπάζεται I hear the word χαῖρε from all, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τὸ χαίρειν uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω I bid him welcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but χαίρειν τἄλλ᾽ ἐγώ σ᾽ ἐφίεμαι I bid thee have thy pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.1. c infinitive alone at the beginning of letters, Κῦρος Κυαζάρῃ χαίρειν (i.e. λέγει) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used by Alexander the Great to Phocion as a mark of respect, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.2. at leavetaking, fare-thee-well, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently put into the mouth of the dying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in sepulchral inscriptions, [Refs]

III.2. b hence, imperative χαιρέτω, χαιρόντων, have done with.., away with.., εἴτ᾽ ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος εἴτ᾽ ἐστὶ δαίμων, χαιρέτω [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. c ἐᾶν χαίρειν τινά or τι dismiss from one's mind, put away, renounce, [Refs 7th c.BC+]ad Them.255a.

III.3. on other occasions, as in comforting, be of good cheer, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι good luck be on our union,[Refs]

IV. participle χαίρων glad, joyful, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λυπούμενοι καὶ χαίροντες in sorrow and in joy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also perfect participle κεχαρηκώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.2. joined with another Verb, safe and sound, with impunity, χαίροντα ἀπαλλάσσειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; more frequently with a negative, οὐ χαίρων to one's cost, οὐ χαίροντες γέλωτα ἐμὲ θήσεσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.3. in the same sense as imperative (above [Refs]fare-thee-well, and may'st thou arrive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαίροισ᾽ ἔρχεο go thy way rejoicing, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα let her go with a benison, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαίρων ἴθι fare-thee-well, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.4. τὸ χαῖρον τῆς ψυχῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+]

V. Astrology texts, of a planet, occupy the position appropriate to another of its own αἵρεσις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit háryati 'take pleasure in', Umbr. heriest 'will wish', Latin horior.)