Joy
חֶדְוָהStrong’s H2305chedvah (ched-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chedvah is the Aramaic word usually translated “joy”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,”
Meaning
- Joy
How it's translated
- with joy 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
חֶדְוָה chedvah · joy
joy Aramaic of ched.vah (חֶדְוָה "joy" H2304)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “joy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOY, noun
- The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; that excitement of pleasurable feelings which is caused by success, good fortune, the gratification of desire or some good possessed, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exultation; exhilaration of spirits.
- Gayety; mirth; festivity.
- Happiness; felicity.
- A glorious and triumphant state.“--Who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross” Hebrews 12:2
All definitions and other forms of “joy”
- The cause of joy or happiness.“For ye are our glory and joy” 1 Thessalonians 2:20
- A term of fondness; the cause of you.
JOY, verb intransitive
To rejoice; to be glad; to exult.
- “I will joy in the God of my salvation” Habakkuk 3:18
JOY, verb transitive
To give joy to; to congratulate; to entertain kindly.
- To gladden; to exhilarate.
- To enjoy; to have or possess with pleasure, or to have pleasure in the possession of. [Little used.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.