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joy

Meaning of “joy”

Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

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165 occurrences155 verses38 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 18:6

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Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:10 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any ioy: for my heart reioyced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · retained source text

For God giueth to a man that is good in his sight, wisedome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner hee giueth traueile, to gather and to heape vp that he may giue to him that is good before God: This also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before him.

1611 marginal noteIob 27.17.

Ecclesiastes 5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:20 · retained source text

For he shall not much remember the dayes of his life: because God answereth him in the ioy of his heart.

1611 marginal noteOr, though he giue not much, yet he remembred &c.

Ecclesiastes 9:7
¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:7 · retained source text

¶ Goe thy way, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy workes.

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