מָשׂוֹשׂ
mâsôws · maw-soce'
delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7797 (שׂוּשׂ);
delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: joy, mirth, rejoice.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשׂוֹשׂ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the joy5 · 29%
- a joy3 · 18%
- the mirth2 · 12%
- behold, this is the joy1 · 6%
- and rejoice1 · 6%
- of joy1 · 6%
- rejoiceth1 · 6%
- for joy1 · 6%
- of my joy1 · 6%
- i will also cause all her mirth1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.