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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).
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:111

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 - But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - and those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 - When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple[fn] tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.”
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