Strong’s H5970 · Hebrew
עָלַץ
ʻâlats · aw-lats'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to jump for joy, i.e. exult
In the King James Version be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
In 8 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
- 1 Chronicles 16:32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
- Psalms 5:11But 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.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
- Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Proverbs 28:12When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
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.