To rejoice
חָדָהStrong’s H2302chadah (cha-dah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chadah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rejoiced”, “it rejoice” and “make rejoice him”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.”
Meaning
- To rejoice(Qal) to rejoice · (Piel) to make glad, gladden
How it's translated
- and he rejoiced 1
- it rejoice 1
- you make rejoice him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָדָה chadah · to rejoice
1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Piel) to make glad, gladden
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rejoice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REJOICE, verb intransitive
rejois'.
- “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn” Proverbs 29:2“I will rejoice in thy salvation” Psalms 9:14
All definitions and other forms of “rejoice”
REJOICE, verb transitive
rejois'. To make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate.
- “Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father” Proverbs 29:3
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.