◄ 2236. hédista ►
Strong's Concordance
hédista: most gladly.
Original Word: ἥδιστα
Part of Speech: Adverb, Superlative
Transliteration: hédista
Phonetic Spelling: (hay'-dis-tah)
Short Definition: most gladly, pleasantly
Definition: most gladly, most pleasantly.
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Cognate: 2236 hḗdista (an adverb) – "most sweetly" (gladly); the sweetest (2 Cor 12:9,15), functioning as the superlative (-est) form of hēdys ("sweet") emphasizing an action done with full gladness (no regret or reservation). See 2234 (hēdeōs).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2236: ἥδιστα

ἥδιστα (neuter plural of the superlative ἥδιστος from ἡδύς), adverb, most gladly (cf. ἡδέως): 2 Corinthians 12:9, 15. (Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
most gladly.

Neuter plural of the superlative of the same as hedeos; with great pleasure -- most (very) gladly.

see GREEK hedeos

Forms and Transliterations
Ηδιστα ήδιστα Ἥδιστα edista Ēdista Hedista Hēdista Hḗdista
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Englishman's Concordance
Strong's Greek 2236
2 Occurrences


Ἥδιστα — 2 Occ.

2 Corinthians 12:9 Adv
GRK: ἀσθενείᾳ τελεῖται Ἥδιστα οὖν μᾶλλον
KJV: weakness. Most gladly therefore
INT: weakness is perfected Most gladly therefore rather

2 Corinthians 12:15 Adv
GRK: ἐγὼ δὲ ἥδιστα δαπανήσω καὶ
KJV: And I will very gladly spend and
INT: I moreover most gladly will spend and

2 Occurrences

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