שָׂשׂוֹן

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

Esther 8:16

• וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ןvesasonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and joy

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Esther 8:17

• וְשָׂשׂוֹן֙vesasonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and joy

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

Psalms 45:7

• שָׂשׂ֗וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Psalms 51:8

• שָׂשׂ֣וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Psalms 51:12

• שְׂשׂ֣וֹןsesonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joy of

He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

Psalms 105:43

• בְשָׂשׂ֑וֹןvesasonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with joy

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Psalms 119:111

• שְׂשׂ֖וֹןsesonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joy of

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

Isaiah 12:3

• בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹןbesasonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with joy

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 22:13

• שָׂשׂ֣וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 35:10

• שָׂשׂ֤וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Isaiah 51:3

• שָׂשׂ֤וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 51:11

• שָׂשׂ֤וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

• שָׂשׂוֹן֙sasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Jeremiah 7:34

• שָׂשׂוֹן֙sasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Jeremiah 15:16

• לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹןlesasonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a joy

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

Jeremiah 16:9

• שָׂשׂוֹן֙sasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Jeremiah 25:10

• שָׂשׂוֹן֙sasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13

• לְשָׂשׂוֹן֙lesasonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into joy

So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

Jeremiah 33:9

• שָׂשׂוֹן֙sasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:11

• שָׂשׂ֞וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

Joel 1:12

• שָׂשׂ֖וֹןsasonnoun · masculine singulartagged: joy

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Zechariah 8:19

• לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹןlesasonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into joy