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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
Read in context →Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Read in context →32 occurrences in 32 verses.
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sâmach · saw-makh'
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Strong's KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.
Strong's first: Exodus 4:14Strong's last: Zechariah 10:7
Open full H8055 profile →chaírō · khah'-ee-ro
to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
Strong's KJV usage: :--farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.
Strong's first: Mark 14:11Strong's last: Revelation 19:7
Open full G5463 profile →gîyl · gheel
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Strong's KJV usage: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Strong's first: Psalms 31:7Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:15
Open full H1523 profile →sûws · soos
to be bright, i.e. cheerful
Strong's KJV usage: be glad, × greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Strong's first: Job 3:22Strong's last: Lamentations 1:21
Open full H7797 profile →sâmêach · saw-may'-akh
blithe or gleeful
Strong's KJV usage: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 7:10Strong's last: Proverbs 17:5
Open full H8056 profile →agalliáō · ag-al-lee-ah'-o
properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly).
Strong's first: Matthew 5:12Strong's last: Acts 2:26
Open full G21 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:66Strong's last: Esther 5:9
Open full H2896 profile →euphraínō · yoo-frah'-ee-no
to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice
Strong's KJV usage: :--fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 2:2Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 2:2
Open full G2165 profile →ṭᵉʼêb · teh-abe'
to rejoice
Strong's KJV usage: be glad
Strong's first: Daniel 6:23Strong's last: Daniel 6:23
Open full H2868 profile →yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Strong's first: Judges 18:20Strong's last: Judges 18:20
Open full H3190 profile →simchâh · sim-khaw'
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
Strong's KJV usage: × exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Strong's first: Psalms 21:6Strong's last: Psalms 21:6
Open full H8057 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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GLAD, adjective [Latin loetus, without a prefix.]
1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
A wise son maketh a glad father. Proverbs 10:1.
It is usually followed by of. I am glad of an opportunity to oblige my friend.
It is sometimes followed by at.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 17:5.
It is sometimes followed by with.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood--
With, after glad is unusual, and in this passage at would have been preferable.
2. Cheerful; joyous.
They blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart. 1 Kings 8:66.
3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; as a glad countenance.
4. Wearing a gay appearance; showy; bright.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them. Isaiah 35:1.
GLAD evening and glad morn crown'd the fourth day.
5. Pleasing; exhilarating.
Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is.
6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy.
Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers.
GLAD, verb transitive [The preterit tense and participle passive gladed is not used. See Gladden.]
To make glad; to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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