I can’t find a defined difference between happy or happiness and joy or joyfulness in the Bible. I was wondering about the difference. I remember learning about it one time, but I can’t find what I learned anywhere and my dictionaries are not that in-depth.<\/p>\n\t
“Joy” is the translation of the Greek word\u00a0chara<\/em>. It means a calm delight or cheerfulness in attitude.<\/p>\n “Happiness” is the translation of the Greek word\u00a0makarios<\/em>. It means to be especially blest, fortunate, or well off. In fact, this word is more often translated as “blessed” than as “happy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I can’t find a defined difference between happy or happiness and joy or joyfulness in the Bible. I was wondering about the difference. I remember learning about it one time, but I can’t find what I learned anywhere and my dictionaries are not that in-depth. Answer: “Joy” is the translation of the Greek word\u00a0chara.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[374,76],"class_list":["post-18148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-happiness","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21920,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-a-great-difference-between-the-nasb-and-the-kjv-can-the-nasb-be-trusted\/","url_meta":{"origin":18148,"position":0},"title":"Is there a great difference between the NASB and the KJV? 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Answer: Both the King James\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40582,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-difference-between-sin-iniquity-and-abomination\/","url_meta":{"origin":18148,"position":1},"title":"What is the difference between sin, iniquity, and abomination?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is there any difference between sin and iniquity, and is there any difference between sin and abomination? Answer: \"Sin\" generally translates the Greek word\u00a0harmartia. It means to err, to miss the mark or the goal.\u00a0Harmartia\u00a0and its related forms are the most general word describing that which is sin. 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I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks. I want to know what are curses and what brings curses upon a person? And what is a blessing? How can a person be blessed? Answer:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68453,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/god-wants-me-to-be-happy-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":18148,"position":4},"title":"God Wants Me to Be Happy (Flores)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores \"God wants me to be happy!\" How many times have you heard that from someone? How often might you have said it yourself? Interestingly, the Bible says nothing like that. 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