Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4885: מָשׂוֹשׂ

mâsôws · pronounced maw-soce' · “rejoicing”

Definition

delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)

KJV translates it as: joy, mirth, rejoice.

Word origin: from H7797 (שׂוּשׂ);

Extended definition

exultation, joy, rejoicing

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4885 is translated

  • the joy of ×4
  • the gaiety of ×3
  • rejoicing ×2
  • a joy of ×2
  • is the joy of ×1
  • joy ×1
  • exultation ×1
  • my ×1
  • a joy ×1
  • her ×1

Bible verses with H4885 (mâsôws)

Mâsôws appears in 16 verses.

  • Job 8:19

    Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

  • Psalms 48:2

    Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

  • Isaiah 8:6

    Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

  • Isaiah 24:8

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

  • Isaiah 24:11

    There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

  • Isaiah 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

  • Isaiah 32:14

    Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

  • Isaiah 60:15

    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

  • Isaiah 62:5

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  • Isaiah 65:18

    But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

  • Isaiah 66:10

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

  • Jeremiah 49:25

    How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

  • Lamentations 2:15

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • Lamentations 5:15

    The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Ezekiel 24:25

    Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

  • Hosea 2:11

    I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.