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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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John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:35 · retained source text

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to reioyce in his light.

John 14:28
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 14:28 · retained source text

Ye haue heard how I saide vnto you, I goe away, and come againe vnto you. If ye loued mee, yee would reioyce, because I said, I go vnto the Father: for my Father is greater then I.

John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 16:20 · retained source text

Uerily, verily I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, but the world shall reioyce: And ye shall be sorrowfull, but your sorrow shall be turned into ioy.

John 16:22
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 16:22 · retained source text

And ye now therefore haue sorrow: but I will see you againe, and your heart shall reioyce, and your ioy no man taketh from you.

Romans 5:2
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 5:2 · retained source text

By whom also wee haue accesse by faith, into this grace wherein wee stand, and reioyce in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 12:15 · retained source text

Reioyce with them that doe reioice, and weepe with them that weepe.

Romans 15:10
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 15:10 · retained source text

And againe he saith, Reioyce yee Gentiles with his people.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.43.

1 Corinthians 7:30
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:30 · retained source text

And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that buy, as though they possessed not:

1 Corinthians 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 12:26 · retained source text

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: or one member be honoured, all the members reioyce with it.

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