Word: agalliasij

Pronounce: ag-al-lee'-as-is

Strongs Number: G20

Orig: from 21; exultation; specially, welcome:--gladness, (exceeding) joy. G21

Use: TDNT-1:19,4 Noun Feminine

Heb Strong: H1524 H7440 H8342 H8643

1) exultation, extreme joy, gladness

At feasts, people were anointed with the "oil of gladness". Paul, in Heb 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.