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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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Joel 1:12
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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1611 witness · Joel 1:12 · retained source text

The vine is dried vp, and the figgetree languisheth, the pomegranate tree, the palme tree also and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the field are withered: because ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.

Joel 1:16
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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1611 witness · Joel 1:16 · retained source text

Is not the meate cut off before your eyes, yea ioy and gladnesse from the house of our God?

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