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sa.s.von H8342

שָׂשׂוֹן (sa.s.von) means “rejoicing” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׂשׂוֹן Hebrew · H8342 22 tagged occurrences in 22 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-sone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8342

שָׂשׂוֹן · sa.s.von · rejoicing

1) gladness, joy, exultation, rejoicing 1a) exultation, joy

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שָׂשֹׂן; from H7797 (שׂוּשׂ); cheerfulness; specifically, welcome

KJV glosses: gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.

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How translators render H8342

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of joy 7
joy 3
gladness 2
the joy 2
and gladness 1
are the joy 1
into joy 1
my joy 1
there is joy 1
times of joy 1
with joy 1
with rejoicing 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
joy 3
of joy 3
of mirth 3
and gladness 2
and behold joy 1
and joy 1
because joy 1
gladness 1
into joy 1
of gladness 1
the rejoicing 1
therefore with joy 1
unto me the joy 1
was unto me the joy 1
with joy 1

Verses containing H8342

Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Esther 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

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  2. Esther 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

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  3. Psalms 45:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

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    Source alternate reference: 45.8

  4. Psalms 51:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.10

  5. Psalms 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.14

  6. Psalms 105:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

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  7. Psalms 119:111 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

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  8. Isaiah 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

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  9. Isaiah 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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  10. Isaiah 35:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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  11. Isaiah 51:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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  12. Isaiah 51:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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  13. Isaiah 61:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

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  14. Jeremiah 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

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  15. Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

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  16. Jeremiah 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

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  17. Jeremiah 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

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  18. Jeremiah 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

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  19. Jeremiah 33:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

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  20. Jeremiah 33:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

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  21. Joel 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

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  22. Zechariah 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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