שׂוּשׂsûws

exult, rejoice

Pronunciation: soos · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7797

Meanings

Qal: exult, display joy (Deuteronomy 28:63; Psalms 119:14; Isaiah 35:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:63 “Just as the Lord has found great pleasure in causing you to prosper and multiply, the Lord will find pleasure in destroying you. You will be torn from the land you are about to enter and occupy.
  • Deuteronomy 30:9 “The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he will cause your fields to produce abundant harvests, for the Lord will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors.
  • Job 3:22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find the grave.
  • Job 39:21 It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle.
  • Psalms 19:5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
  • Psalms 35:9 Then I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad because he rescues me.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).