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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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1 Chronicles 16:31
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:31 · retained source text

Let the heauens be glad, and let the earth reioyce: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

1 Chronicles 16:32
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:32 · retained source text

Let the sea roare, and the fulnesse thereof: let the fieldes reioyce, and all that is therein.

2 Chronicles 6:41
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:41 · retained source text

Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the Arke of thy strength: Let thy Priests, O LORD God, be clothed with saluation, and let thy Saints reioyce in goodnesse.

1611 marginal notePsal. 132.9.

2 Chronicles 20:27
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 20:27 · retained source text

Then they returned, euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem, and Iehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the LORD had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.

1611 marginal noteHeb. head.

Nehemiah 12:43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:43 · retained source text

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and reioyced; for God had made them reioyce with great ioy: the wiues also and the children reioyced: so that the ioy of Ierusalem was heard euen afarre off.

Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:22 · retained source text

Which reioice exceedingly, and are glad when they can finde the graue?

Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 20:18 · retained source text

That which he laboured for, shall he restore, & shall not swallow it downe: according to his substance shall the restitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce therein.

1611 marginal noteHebr. according to the substance of his exchange.

Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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1611 witness · Job 21:12 · retained source text

They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.

Psalms 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 5:11 · retained source text

But let all those that put their trust in thee, reioyce: let them euer shout for ioy; because thou defendest them: let them also that loue thy name, be ioyfull in thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thou couerest, ouer, or protectest them.

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