Words the Bible translates as joy
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- euphrosunēεὐφροσύνηjoynot studied yet
- charaχαράjoy: the glad lift of the heart at something genuinely good
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- agalliasisἀγαλλίασιςexultation: exuberant, celebratory joy, the kind that is sung, shouted, or leapt rather than quietly felt
- sasvonשָׂשׂוֹןexultant joy: glad rejoicing, both the lift of gladness in the heart and the celebration it breaks out into
- masvosמָשׂוֹשׂjoy: glad rejoicing, and by extension the person or place that is someone's delight
- gilגִּילthe loud joy of a celebration: rejoicing that breaks out where others can see and hear it, as at a harvest, a festival, or a procession
+1 more meaning
- a person's age: the stage of life someone has reached, and so the others who are at that same stage
- renanahרְנָנָהa ringing shout of joy: loud, carrying celebration made with the voice
- ḥedvahחֶדְוָהjoynot studied yet
- ḥedvahחֶדְוָהjoynot studied yet
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