Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to rejoice
Usage: 1) to exult, rejoice 1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy
Sus means “be bright” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7797 שׂוּשׂ שִׂישׂ (suws) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. suws (soos) (or siys {sece}) v. 1. to be bright, i.e. cheerful [a primitive root] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include glad, rejoice, make, joy, and greatly. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
suws (soos) (or siys {sece}) v. 1. to be bright, i.e. cheerful [a primitive root] KJV: be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
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to rejoice
Usage: 1) to exult, rejoice 1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render suws, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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24 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7797.
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And 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.
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7797, grouped by book.
Sus (Strong's H7797) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be bright". suws (soos) (or siys {sece}) v. 1. to be bright, i.e. cheerful [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H7797 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7797 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as glad, rejoice, make, joy, and greatly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.