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
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 4:7 · retained source text
Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart, more then in the time that their corne and their wine increased.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 30:11 · retained source text
Thou hast turned for mee my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put off my sackecloth, and girded mee with gladnesse:
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 45:7 · retained source text
Thou louest righteousnesse, and hatest wickednesse: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 45:15 · retained source text
With gladnesse and reioycing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the kings palace.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 51:8 · retained source text
Make mee to heare ioy and gladnesse: that the bones which thou hast broken, may reioyce.
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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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.]