מָשׂוֹשׂ masvos
Hebrew word for “rejoicing” · Strong’s H4885 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
exultation, joy, rejoicing
How it is translated
Glosses given for masvos in context, with how often each is used:
- joy 10
- gaiety 4
- rejoicing 2
- exultation 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 24 (2), Isaiah 32 (2), Job 8 (1), Psalms 48 (1), Isaiah 8 (1), Isaiah 60 (1), Isaiah 62 (1), Isaiah 65 (1), Isaiah 66 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1)
Forms
- משׂושׂ 13
- ומשׂושׂ 2
- משׂושׂי 1
- משׂושׂה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with masvos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שׂוּשׂ sus “to rejoice” 3
- קִרְיָה qiryah “town” 3
- שָׁבַת shavat “to cease” 3
- עַלִּיז alliz “jubilant” 2
- עָזַב azav “to leave” 3
- גִּיל gil “to rejoice” 2
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 3
- עִיר ir “city” 3
- הֵן hen “look!” 2
- עוֹלָם olam “forever” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
- בַּת bat “daughter” 2
Key verses
The verses using masvos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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 24:11 — 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…
- 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:
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.