Quick Definition
ἀσμένως Adv joyfully, with delight
Strong's Definition
adverb from a derivative of the base of 2237; with pleasure
KJV Usage: gladly
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἥδομαι (enjoy oneself) · ἡδονή
25.128 · Attitudes and Emotions · Happy, Glad, Joyful
happily, gladly pertaining to experiencing happiness, implying ready and willing acceptance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσμένως, adv., (for ἡσμένως ; fr. ἥδομαι), with joy, gladly: Acts ii. 41 [Ree.]; xxi. 17. (In Grk. writ. fr. Hom. [the adv. fr. Aeschyl.] down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσμένως asmenōs 1x
gladly, joyfully, Acts 21:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀσμένως, adv.
(< ἥδομαι, to be glad), [in LXX: II Mac 4:12 10:33, III Mac 3:15 5:21*;]
gladly: Ac 21:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσμένως. P Grenf 11. 14 (a)! (iii/B.c.) ἀϊμένως [ἂν συνέταξεν τὸ Tap’ αὐτῶι ἀποδοῦναι, Sy// 329° (i/B.C.) ἀσμένως καὶ ἑκουσίως, Magn 17} ἄσμενος ὑπήκουσεν (Λ)εύκιππος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀσμένως (asmenōs) — gladly. Included with: ἄσμενος, η, ον, well-pleased, glad, always with a Verb, φύγεν ἄ. ἐκ θανάτοιο he was glad to have escaped death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἄσμενος δὲ τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[Refs 5th c.BC+] glad would it make me ! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι.. νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος glad wilt thou be when night shuts out the light, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb ἀσμένως gladly, readily, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (this adverb, which is common in later Greek, [NT], has sometimes been substituted for the adjective, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+]