Word study · Hebrew
גִּיל
gilH1523to rejoice
Used 45 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to rejoice, exult, be glad
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to rejoice, exult, be glad
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to rejoice
- 1a2) to tremble (from fear)
Same idea, other words · Joy and rejoicing
Joy is a command and a gift throughout Scripture, sometimes loud and sometimes quiet.
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles1
- Psalms19
- Proverbs5
- Song of Songs1
- Isaiah11
- Hosea1
- Joel2
- Habakkuk2
- Zephaniah1
- Zechariah2
Every use · BSB
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.
Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
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