Cheer

The ' cheer' isorig. the/a(,'c(Fr. cMre, late Lat. cara), as Caxton, Golden Leaend, ' In the swete of thy chere thou shall ete breJe.' Then the expression of the face ; and so, any state of mind, or mood, as Shaks., Sonnets, xcvii. 13, 'so dull a cheer' ; but generally with adj. ' good.' So always in AV (except 1 Es 9°* 'Then went they their way to make great c.'), as in the phrase ' Be of good cheer,' Mt 9- H", Mk e"", Jn 16^", Ac 23" (all dapaiui) ; Ac 27~ '■"• ^ (eli0vii4a or eBOvtios) ; and in RV Job 9-"' (nj''??><, AV ' comfort myself,' RVm ' brighten up'). Finally, the word came to signify ' good spirits,' whence the verb ' to cheer,' Jg 9'% or ' cheer up,' Dt 24» (RV ' cheer'). J. Hastings.