agalliao marks joyful response expressed amid hope, faith, revelation, blessing, and thanksgiving.

The attested verb consistently expresses joyful response: it occurs amid trials and faith, in expectation and hope, at seeing or receiving what is desired, and in praise connected with God’s action. The contexts vary, but the supplied verses do not require separate lexical senses.

1. Joyful response in hope, faith, and praise · dominant

   The present middle forms occur where readers respond amid trials and faith in 1 Peter 1:6 and 1 Peter 1:8, while the aorist middle forms describe joy over believed-in God, seeing a promised day, and the Father’s revelation in Acts 16:34, John 8:56, and Luke 10:21. In Matthew 5:12 the second-person present form stands with a great heavenly reward despite persecution, and in Revelation 19:7 the first-person present subjunctive joins joy, giving glory, and the Lamb’s wedding.

   1 Peter 1:61 Peter 1:8Acts 16:34John 8:56Luke 10:21Revelation 19:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with “rejoice,” while also using “was glad,” “exultation,” and “rejoice and be glad” in their wider verse contexts. These variations should not be treated as separate definitions.