JOY, JOYFUL, JOYOUS

Hebrew Definitions:

gil, gul joy, rejoicing, to leap, be joyful

gilah joy, rejoicing

chedvah joy

tub, goodness

tob good

masos joy, rejoicing

renanch good

rinnah loud cry, proclamation, singing

ranan to sing, cry aloud

renanah singing

simchah rejoicing. gladness, mirth

sason joy, rejoicing, gladness

terua, turuah shout, shouting

agalliasis gladness, joy

euphrosune gladness, joy

chara joy

sis, sua to rejoice, to be glad

sameach to shine, rejoice, rejoicing

patsach to break forth

alaz to rejoice, exult

alliz rejoicing, exulting

alats to rejoice, exult

rua to shout

chaiyim to see life

Scripture Refines:
 

1. I Kings 8:66 “And the people went to their tents joyful (sameach) and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David His servant, and for Israel His people.”

2. Ezra 6:22 “For the Lord hath made them joyful (sameach).”

3. Nehemiah 8:10 “For the joy (chedvah) of the Lord is your strength.”

4. Psalms 5:11 “Let them also that love Thy name be joyful (alats in Thee.”

5. Psalms 16:11 “In Thy presence in fullness of joy (sinchah).”

6. Psalms 21:1 “The king shall joy (sameach) in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!”

7. Psalms 27:6 “And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy (teruah): I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.”

8. Psalms 30:5 “Weep may endure for a night but joy (rinnah) cometh in the morning.”

9. Psalms 35:9 “And my soul shall be joyful (gul) in the Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation.”

10. Psalms 43:4 “Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy (gil): yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.”

11. Psalms 48:1-2 “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy (masos) of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city o f the great King.”

12. Psalms 63:5 “ My mouth shall praise Thee with joyful (renanah) lips.”

13. Psalms 66:1 “Make a joyful (rua) noise unto God, all lands.”

14. Psalms 89:15 “Blessed is the people that know the joyful (teruah) sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.”

15. Psalms 98:8 “Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful (ranan) together.”

16. Psalms 149:5 “Let the saints be joyful (alaz) in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.”

17. Ecclesiastes 7:14 “In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

18. Ecclesiastes 9:9 “Live joyfully (chaiyim) with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life.”

19. Isaiah 23:7 “Is this your joyous (alliz) city, whose antiquity is of ancient days?”

20. Isaiah 35:2 “The desert shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy (gilah) and singing.”

21. Isaiah 35:10 “And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy (simchah) upon their heads: they shall obtain joy (sason) and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

22. Isaiah 52:9 Break forth into joy (patsach), sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.”

23. Isaiah 61:3 “Give unto them beauty for ashes, and oil of joy (sason) for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.”

24. Isaiah 65:14 “My servants shall sing for joy (tub) of heart.”

25. Isaiah 65:19 “I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.”

26. Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy (simchah); He will rest in His love, He will joy (gul) over thee with singing.”

Greek Definitions:

agalliasis gladness, joy

agalliao exceeding, to be glad

chara with joy

chairo to rejoice

euphrosune gladness, joy

chara joy, with joy

charas of joy

charis grace, thankfulness

kuchaomia to boast

skirtao to leap

1. Luke 1:44 “Lo the babe leaped in my womb for joy (agalliasis).”

2. Luke 2:10 “I bring you good tidings of great joy (chara).”

3. Luke 6:23 “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy (skirtao).”

4. Luke 19:6 “Zacchaeus made haste, and came down, and received Him joyfully (chairo).”

5. Acts 2:28 “Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy (euphrosune) with thy countenance.”

6. Romans 5:11 “We also joy (kauchaomai) in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

7. Romans 14:17 “Joy (chara) in the Holy Ghost.”

8. II Corinthians 7:4 “I am exceeding joyful (chara) in our tribulation.”

9. Galatians 5:22 “The fruit of the spirit is…joy (chara)…”

10. Philippians 2:16 “That I may rejoice (chairo) in the day of Christ.”

11. Colossians 1:11 “Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness (chara).”

12. Philemon 7 “We have great joy (charis) and consolation in they love.”

13. Hebrews 10:34 “For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully (charas) the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.”

14. Hebrews 12:11 “No chasten seemeth to be joyous (charas).”

15. I Peter 4:13 “Ye may be glad also with exceeding joy (agalliao).”

16. Jude 24 “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy (agalliasis).”