To rejoice
עָלַץStrong’s H5970alats (a-lats)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Alats is the Hebrew word usually translated “it rejoices”, “let it exult” and “let them exult”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.”
Meaning
- To rejoice, exult(Qal) to exult
How it's translated
- it rejoices 2
- let it exult 1
- and let them exult 1
- and i will exult 1
- they exult 1
- may they exult 1
- when rejoice 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Proverbs 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 16:32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
- Psalms 5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
- Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Hebrew dictionary
עָלַץ alats · to rejoice
1) to rejoice, exult 1a) (Qal) to exult
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.