שׂוּשׂ sus

Hebrew word for “to rejoice” · Strong’s H7797 · used 27 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) to exult, rejoice; 1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy

How it is translated

Glosses given for sus in context, with how often each is used:

• will rejoice 7
• exult 4
• rejoiced 3
• rejoice 2
• will exult 2
• may they exult 2
• may rejoices 1
• rejoices 1
• may they rejoice 1
• rejoicing 1
• will rejoice ! 1
• certainly 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (2), Isaiah 65 (2), Isaiah 66 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Deuteronomy 30 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 39 (1), Psalms 19 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 40 (1)

Forms

• שׂשׂ 4
• ישׂישׂ 4
• ישׂישׂו 3
• שׂישׂו 2
• ושׂשׂתי 2
• לשׂושׂ 1
• וישׂישׂ 1
• תשׂישׂ 1
• וישׂישׂו 1
• שׂשׂתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sus more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גִּיל gil “to rejoice” 7
• שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 5
• מָשׂוֹשׂ masvos “rejoicing” 3
• חָתָן chatan “son-in-law” 3
• אָהֵב ahav “to love” 3
• פָּרַח parach “to sprout” 2
• כַּלָּה kallah “daughter-in-law” 2
• הָ ha “her” 3
• יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 2
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 2
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 3
• תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 2

Key verses

The verses using sus that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 28:63 — And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to…
• Isaiah 35:1 — The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
• 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 64:5 — Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is…
• 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:
• Isaiah 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and…
• Jeremiah 32:41 — Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• Lamentations 1:21 — They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done thou wilt bring the day…
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make…
• Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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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.