SG Heritage Dictionary

Thankfulness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Expression of gratitude; acknowledgment of a favor.

2. Gratitude; a lively sense of good received.

3. The celebration of these holy mysteries being ended, retire with all thankfulness of heart for having been admitted to that heavenly feast.

Gratitude Roget’s Thesaurus §916

N. gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation, acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks, thankful good will, thanks, praise, benediction, paean, te deum, grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals, thank offering, requital

V. be grateful, thank, give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks, acknowledge, requite, feel under an obligation, be under an obligation, lie under an obligation, savoir gr, not look a gift horse in the mouth, never forget, overflow with gratitude, thank one's stars, thank one's lucky stars, bless one's stars, fall on one's knees

Adj. grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation

Int. thanks, many thanks, gramercy, much obliged, thank you, thank you very much, thanks a lot, thanks a heap, thanks loads, thank heaven, heaven be praised, gott sei dank

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

3 KJV and 2 BSB verses contain “thankfulness”

Acts 24:3

We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.

1 Corinthians 10:30

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

Colossians 2:7

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Rest of Esther 16:4

And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all things and hateth evil.

Sirach 37:11

Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.