To exult
עָלַזStrong’s H5937alaz (a-laz)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Alaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “exult”, “should exult” and “it exulted”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to exult, rejoice, triumph
How it's translated
- i will exult 2
- and exult 2
- they should exult 1
- and it exulted 1
- will they exult 1
- let it exult 1
- i will triumph 1
- let them exult 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- Jeremiah 4
- 2 Samuel 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
- Habakkuk 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 60:6God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
- Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- Psalms 96:12Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
- Psalms 108:7God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Hebrew dictionary
עָלַז alaz · to exult
(Qal) to exult, rejoice, triumph
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “triumph” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRI'UMPH, noun
[Latin triumphus.]
- Among the ancient Romans, a pompous ceremony performed in honor of a victorious general, who was allowed to enter the city crowned, originally with laurel, but in later times with gold, bearing a truncheon in one hand and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a chariot drawn by two white horses, and followed by the kings, princes and generals whom he had vanquished, loaded with chains and insulted by mimics and buffoons.
- State of being victorious.
- Victory; conquest.
- Joy or exultation for success.
All definitions and other forms of “triumph”
- A card that takes all others; now written trump, which see.
TRI'UMPH, verb intransitive
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice for victory.
- “How long shall the wicked triumph?” Psalms 94:3
- To obtain victory.
- In insult upon an advantage gained.“Let not my enemies triumph over me” Psalms 25:2
- To be prosperous; to flourish.
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.