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rejoice

Meaning of “rejoice”

1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

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192 occurrences183 verses38 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 23:40

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Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:23 · retained source text

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the LORD your God: for he hath giuen you the former raine moderately, and he will cause to come downe for you the raine, the former raine, & the latter raine in the first month.

1611 marginal noteOr, a teacher of righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to righteousnesses.

1611 marginal noteLeuit.26.4. deut.14.14.

Amos 6:13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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1611 witness · Amos 6:13 · retained source text

Yee which reioyce in a thing of nought, which say, Haue we not taken to vs hornes by our owne strength?

Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
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1611 witness · Micah 7:8 · retained source text

¶ Reioyce not against mee, O mine enemie: When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darknes, the LORD shall be a light vnto me.

Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:15 · retained source text

They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad.

1611 marginal noteOr, flue-net

Habakkuk 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:18 · retained source text

Yet I will reioyce in the LORD: I will ioy in the God of my saluation.

Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:11 · retained source text

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that reioyce in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of mine holy mountaine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in my holy.

Zephaniah 3:14
¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:14 · retained source text

¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion: shout, O Israel: be glad and reioyce with all the heart, O daughter of Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteIsai 12.6. and 54.1.

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:17 · retained source text

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mightie: hee will saue, he will reioyce ouer thee with ioy: hee will rest in his loue, hee will ioy ouer thee with singing.

1611 marginal noteHeb. he will be silent.

Zechariah 2:10
¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 2:10 · retained source text

¶ Sing and reioyce, O daughter of Zion: for loe, I come, and I will dwell in the middest of thee, sayth the LORD.

1611 marginal noteIsai 12.6. and 54.1.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.12. ezek. 37.27. 2.cor.6.18.

Zechariah 4:10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 4:10 · retained source text

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall reioyce and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seuen: they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

1611 marginal noteOr, sith the seuen eyes of the LORD shall reioyce.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stone of tinne.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.9.

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