Merry (to be, to make) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Merry (to be, to make)
[ 1,,G2165, euphraino ]in the Active Voice, to cheer, make glad," 2 Corinthians 2:2, is used everywhere else in the Passive Voice, signifying, "to be happy, rejoice, make merry," and translated "to be merry" in Luke 12:19; Luke 15:23-Luke 15:24, Luke 15:29, Luke 15:32; in Luke 16:19, "fared (sumptuously);" in Revelation 11:10, "make merry." See FARE, GLAD, REJOICE.
[ 2,,G2114, euthumeo ]
from eu, "well," and thumos, "the soul," as the principle of feeling, especially strong feeling, signifies "to make cheerful;" it is used intransitively in the NT, "to be of good cheer," Acts 27:22, Acts 27:25; in James 5:13, RV, "is (any) cheerful?" (AV, "... merry?"). See CHEER.