Strong’s H5965 · Hebrew
עָלַס
ʻâlaç · aw-las'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously
In the King James Version [idiom] peacock, rejoice, solace self.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Job 20:18That 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.
- Job 39:13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.