The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 8:16 · retained source text
The Iewes had light and gladnesse, and ioy and honour.
KJV dictionary & concordance
gladness
Meaning of “gladness”
Joy, delight, or rejoicing; the state or expression of being glad.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
47 occurrences47 verses19 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Numbers 10:10
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Every verse containing “gladness”
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 8:17 · retained source text
And in euery prouince, and in euery city, whithersoeuer the kings commandement, and his decree came, the Iewes had ioy and gladnes, a feast and a good day: And many of the people of the land became Iewes; for the feare of the Iewes fell vpon them.
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 9:17 · retained source text
On the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar, and on the fourteenth day of the same, rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladnes.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in it.
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 9:18 · retained source text
But the Iewes that were at Shushan, assembled together on the thirteenth day therof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladnesse.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 9:19 · retained source text
Therefore the Iewes of the villages, that dwelt in the vnwalled townes, made the foureteenth day of the moneth Adar, a day of gladnesse and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Complete reference index — all 47 verses
Numbers 10:10Deuteronomy 28:472 Samuel 6:121 Chronicles 16:271 Chronicles 29:222 Chronicles 29:302 Chronicles 30:212 Chronicles 30:23Nehemiah 8:17Nehemiah 12:27Esther 8:16Esther 8:17Esther 9:17Esther 9:18Esther 9:19Psalms 4:7Psalms 30:11Psalms 45:7Psalms 45:15Psalms 51:8Psalms 97:11Psalms 100:2Psalms 105:43Psalms 106:5Proverbs 10:28Song of Solomon 3:11Isaiah 16:10Isaiah 22:13Isaiah 30:29Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 51:11Jeremiah 7:34Jeremiah 16:9Jeremiah 25:10Jeremiah 31:7Jeremiah 33:11Jeremiah 48:33Joel 1:16Zechariah 8:19Mark 4:16Luke 1:14Acts 2:46Acts 12:14Acts 14:17Philippians 2:29Hebrews 1:9
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1 verseActs3 occurrences
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Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗[See Glad.] Joy, or a moderate degree of joy and exhilaration; pleasure of mind; cheerfulness. They--did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts 2:46. [Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy. Esther 8:9.]