1 Kings 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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Joyful
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2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
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16 occurrences in 16 verses.
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גִּיל
gîyl · gheel
4 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 35:9Strong's last: Isaiah 61:10
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sâmêach · saw-may'-akh
3 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
blithe or gleeful
Strong's KJV usage: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:66Strong's last: Psalms 113:9
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ʻâlaz · aw-laz'
2 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
Strong's KJV usage: be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 96:12Strong's last: Psalms 149:5
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sâmach · saw-makh'
2 times translated as this KJV form152 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 6:22Strong's last: Isaiah 56:7
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chará · khar-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight
Strong's KJV usage: :--gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 7:4Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 7:4
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ṭôwb · tobe
1 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences
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: Ecclesiastes 7:14Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:14
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ʻâlats · aw-lats'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
Strong's KJV usage: be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 5:11Strong's last: Psalms 5:11
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rânan · raw-nan'
1 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
Strong's KJV usage: aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.
Strong's first: Psalms 98:8Strong's last: Psalms 98:8
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rᵉnânâh · ren-aw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a shout (for joy)
Strong's KJV usage: joyful (voice), singing, triumphing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 63:5Strong's last: Psalms 63:5
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H8055
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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joyful
JOY'FUL, adjective Full of joy; very glad; exulting.
My soul shall be joyful in my God. Isaiah 61:10.
Rarely, it has of before the cause of joy.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.
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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