euphraino denotes rejoicing or celebrating, whether in a feast, a summons to gladness, or a response to an event.

The attested use denotes rejoicing or celebrating in response to an occasion: it appears in calls to gladness, in the celebration surrounding a restored son, and in descriptions of festive or self-indulgent enjoyment. The same use can occur in approving contexts such as Luke 15:23 and Revelation 18:20, or in the celebration of an idol or of others' torment in Acts 7:41 and Revelation 11:10.

1. Rejoicing or celebrating on an occasion · dominant

   The forms mark celebration or gladness connected with a stated occasion. In Luke 15:23 the aorist passive subjunctive occurs with bringing and killing the fattened calf after the son's return; in Luke 15:32, the infinitive is said to be fitting because the brother had been dead and came to life. The present forms also describe ongoing enjoyment in Luke 16:19 and a summons to gladness in Revelation 12:12, while Acts 7:41 places the imperfect form in the people's celebration over what their hands had made.

   Luke 15:23Luke 15:32Luke 16:19Revelation 12:12Acts 7:41Revelation 11:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with “celebrates,” “celebrate,” “rejoice,” “be merry,” and “be glad.” These are verse-level renderings, definitions for the lemma.