H8342

שָׂשׂוֹן

sa.s.vonH:N-M

rejoicing

1) gladness, joy, exultation, rejoicing 1a) exultation, joy

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שָׂשׂוֹן noun masculineIsa 51:3 exultation, rejoicing; — absolute ׳שׂ Ps 45:8 +, שָׂשׂן Esth 8:16 construct שְׂשׂוֺן (Sta§ 296 e) Ps 51:14; Ps 119:111 — exaulation, joy (especially in ׳י's favour), Joel 1:12; Isa 12:3; Ps 51:14; Ps 105:43; Ps 119:111 ׳שֶׁמֶן שׂ (i.e. with which guests were anointed; figurative) Ps 45:8; Isa 61:3 (opposed to אֵבֶל); ׳שֵׁם שׂ Jer 33:9 (|| תְּהִלָּה; on text v Gie AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 115); elsewhere || שִׂמְחָה: Jer 7:34; Jer 15:16; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 33:11; Isa 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), Isa 35:10; Isa 51:3; Isa 51:11; Zech 8:19; Ps 51:10; Esth 8:16; Esth 8:17 || שָׂמַח Jer 31:13 (opposed to אֵבֶל).


19 occurrences

Esther (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (7), Joel (1), Zechariah (1)