Quick Definition
to rejoice
Strong's Definition
to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] peacock, rejoice, solace self.
TWOT Reference: 1632
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to rejoice
1a) (Qal) to rejoice
1b) (Niphal) to exult
1b1) to flap joyously (of ostrich)
1c) (Hithpael) to delight oneself
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָלַס (a.las) — to rejoice. 1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Niphal) to exult 1b1) to flap joyously (of ostrich) 1c) (Hithpael) to delight oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָלַס] vb. rejoice Qal he shall not rejoice
Niph. (of ostrich’s wing) = flap joyously
Hithp. let us delight ourselves in love.
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