עָלַז alaz
Hebrew word for “to exult” · Strong’s H5937 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
(Qal) to exult, rejoice, triumph
How it is translated
Glosses given for alaz in context, with how often each is used:
- exult 4
- will exult 2
- should exult 1
- exulted 1
- will they exult 1
- will triumph 1
- them exult 1
- may rejoice 1
- will rejoice 1
- rejoiced 1
- gloating 1
- may celebrate 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 1 (1), Psalms 28 (1), Psalms 60 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 94 (1), Psalms 96 (1), Psalms 108 (1), Psalms 149 (1), Proverbs 23 (1), Isaiah 23 (1)
Forms
- יעלזו 3
- אעלזה 2
- תעלזנה 1
- ויעלז 1
- ועלזו 1
- יעלז 1
- ותעלזנה 1
- לעלוז 1
- תעלזי 1
- ואעלז 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with alaz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָנַן ranan “to sing” 3
- שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 3
- סֻכּוֹת sukkot “Succoth” 2
- מָדַד madad “to measure” 2
- קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 3
- שְׁכֶם shekhem “Shechem” 2
- חָלַק chalaq “to divide” 2
- עֵמֶק emeq “valley” 2
- בַּת bat “daughter” 3
- אָז az “then” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 3
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
Key verses
The verses using alaz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Samuel 1:20 — Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
- Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 60:6 — God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 68:4 — Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
- Psalms 94:3 — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- Isaiah 23:12 — And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
- Jeremiah 11:15 — What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou…
- Jeremiah 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Jeremiah 51:39 — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
- Habakkuk 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- Zephaniah 3:14 — Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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.