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Lexicon :: Strong's H8342 - śāśôn

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שָׂשׂוֹן
Transliteration
śāśôn
Pronunciation
saw-sone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2246a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂשׂוֹן sâsôwn, saw-sone'; or שָׂשֹׂן sâsôn; from H7797; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome:—gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8342 in the following manner: joy (15x), gladness (3x), mirth (3x), rejoicing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8342 in the following manner: joy (15x), gladness (3x), mirth (3x), rejoicing (1x).
  1. gladness, joy, exultation, rejoicing

    1. exultation, joy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂשׂוֹן sâsôwn, saw-sone'; or שָׂשֹׂן sâsôn; from H7797; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome:—gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.
STRONGS H8342: Abbreviations
שָׂשׂוֹן noun masculineIsaiah 51:3 exultation, rejoicing; — absolute שׂ׳ Psalm 45:8 +, שָׂשׂן Esther 8:16; construct שְׂשׂוֺן (Sta§ 296 e) Psalm 51:14; Psalm 119:111; — exaulation, joy (especially in י׳'s favour), Joel 1:12; Isaiah 12:3; Psalm 51:14; Psalm 105:43; Psalm 119:111; שֶׁמֶן שׂ׳ (i.e. with which guests were anointed; figurative) Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 61:3 (opposed to אֵבֶל); שֵׁם שׂ׳ Jeremiah 33:9 (|| תְּהִלָּה; on text v Gie AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 115); elsewhere || שִׂמְחָה : Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Isaiah 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:3, 11; Zechariah 8:19; Psalm 51:10; Esther 8:16, 17; || שָׂמַח Jeremiah 31:13 (opposed to אֵבֶל).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

8:16; 8:16; 8:17

Psalms

45:8; 45:8; 51:10; 51:14; 51:14; 105:43; 119:111; 119:111

Isaiah

12:3; 22:13; 35:10; 51:3; 51:3; 51:11; 61:3

Jeremiah

7:34; 15:16; 16:9; 25:10; 31:13; 33:9; 33:11

Joel

1:12

Zechariah

8:19

H8342

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8342 matches the Hebrew שָׂשׂוֹן (śāśôn),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - For the Jews there was light and gladness and joy H8342 and honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s word and his law reached, there was gladness and joy H8342 for the Jews, a feast and a [fn]holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 -

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil of joy H8342 above Your companions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 -

[fn]Make me to hear joy H8342 and gladness,

Let the bones which You have crushed rejoice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 -

Restore to me the joy H8342 of Your salvation

And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 -

And He brought His people out with joy H8342,

His chosen ones with a shout of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 -

I have inherited Your testimonies forever,

For they are the joy H8342 of my heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 -

Therefore you will joyously H8342 draw water

From the springs of salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 -

Instead, behold, there is joy H8342 and gladness,

Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,

Eating of meat and drinking of wine:

“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

With everlasting gladness upon their heads.

They will [fn]attain delight H8342 and gladness,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her waste places.

And her wilderness He will make like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of Yahweh;

Joy H8342 and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 -

So the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

And everlasting gladness will be on their heads.

They will obtain joy H8342 and gladness,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a headdress instead of ashes,

The oil of rejoicing H8342 instead of mourning,

The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

So they will be called [fn]oaks of righteousness,

The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy H8342 and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 -

Your words were found, and I ate them,

And Your words became for me joy H8342 and gladness in my heart,

For I have been called by Your name,

O Yahweh God of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of rejoicing H8342 and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will [fn]make the voice of joy H8342 and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp, to perish from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together,

For I will turn their mourning into joy H8342

And will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - ‘And [fn]it will be to Me a name of joy H8342, praise, and beauty before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will be in dread and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the voice of joy H8342 and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 -

The vine dries up,

And the fig tree [fn]fails;

The pomegranate, the palm also, and the [fn]apple tree,

All the trees of the field dry up.

Indeed, rejoicing H8342 dries up

From the sons of men.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months will become joy H8342, gladness, and [fn]merry appointed feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’
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