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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon 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 anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may 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 uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:111

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - Therefore 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 instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD will comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - So the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 - Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O LORD God of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - ‘Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - ‘the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:

“Praise the LORD of hosts,
For the LORD is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—
and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:

‘The fast of the fourth month,
The fast of the fifth,
The fast of the seventh,
And the fast of the tenth,
Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
Therefore love truth and peace.’
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