Rejoicing
מָשׂוֹשׂStrong’s H4885masvos (ma-s-vo-s)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Masvos is the Hebrew word usually translated “joy of”, “gaiety of” and “rejoicing”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.”
Meaning
- Exultation, joy, rejoicing
How it's translated
- joy of 4
- gaiety of 3
- a joy of 2
- and rejoicing 1
- joy 1
- and joy of 1
- rejoicing 1
- exultation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 9
- Lamentations 2
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Isaiah 8:6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
- Isaiah 24:8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
- Isaiah 24:11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
- Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Isaiah 32:14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Hebrew dictionary
מָשׂוֹשׂ masvos · rejoicing
exultation, joy, 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.