Quick Definition
to rejoice
Strong's Definition
to be bright, i.e. cheerful
Derivation: or שִׂישׂ; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be glad, [idiom] greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
TWOT Reference: 2246
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׂוּשׂ (su.s) — to rejoice. 1) to exult, rejoice 1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מָשֹׂושׂ · שָׂשֹׂון
Rejoice | ≈ גיל · גִּיל · גִּילָה · מָשֹׂושׂ · עלץ · שׂמח · שָׂמֵחַ · שִׂמְחָה
to rejoice, to be glad, to delight poetic term; = state in which animals, humans, and deities feel and show great joy
DEU 28:63 · DEU 28:63 · DEU 30:9 · DEU 30:9 · JOB 3:22 · JOB 39:21 · PSA 19:6 · PSA 35:9 · PSA 40:17 · PSA 68:4 · PSA 70:5 · PSA 119:14 · PSA 119:162 · ISA 35:1 · ISA 61:10 · ISA 61:10 · ISA 62:5 · ISA 64:4 · ISA 65:18 · ISA 65:19 · ISA 66:10 · ISA 66:14 · JER 32:41 · LAM 1:21 · LAM 4:21 · EZK 21:15 · ZEP 3:17
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שׂוּשׂ, שִׂישׂ vb. exult, rejoice base