{"def":{"short":"exultation; specially, welcome","long":["exultation, extreme joy, gladness"]},"deriv":"from G0021","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑ.ɣɑlˈli.ɑ.sis","ipa_mod":"ɑ.ɣɑlˈli.ɑ.sis","sbl":"agalliasis","dic":"ah-gahl-LEE-ah-sees","dic_mod":"ah-gahl-LEE-ah-sees"},"see":["G0021"],"comment":"At feasts, people were anointed with the \"oil of gladness.\" Paul, in Hebrews 1:9, is alluding to this inaugural ceremony of anointing, and uses it as an emblem of the divine power and majesty to which to which the Son of God has been exalted."}