Definition

propitious or merry ("hilarious"), i.e. prompt or willing

Etymology

from the same as G2436 (ἵλεως);

Word family

• ἵλεως híleōs

How the KJV renders it

• cheerful

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.