Rejoicing
גִּילָהStrong’s H1525gilah (gi-lah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gilah is the Hebrew word usually translated “gladness”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.”
Meaning
- Rejoicing
How it's translated
- gladness 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
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Hebrew dictionary
גִּילָה gilah · rejoicing
rejoicing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rejoicing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REJOIC'ING, participle present
tense Animating with gladness; exhilarating; feeling joy.
All definitions and other forms of “rejoicing”
REJOIC'ING, participle present
tense Animating with gladness; exhilarating; feeling joy.
REJOIC'ING, noun
- The act of expressing joy and gladness.“The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous” Psalms 118:15
- The subject of joy.“Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart” Psalms 119:111
- The experience of joy. Galatians 6:4
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.