שׂוּשׂ
sûws · soos
to be bright, i.e. cheerful
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׂישׂ; a primitive root;
to be bright, i.e. cheerful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be glad, [idiom] greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Letters
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׂוּשׂ 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rejoice5 · 19%
- and rejoiceth2 · 7%
- thee rejoice2 · 7%
- rejoiced1 · 4%
- will rejoice1 · 4%
- as he rejoiced1 · 4%
- and are glad1 · 4%
- it shall rejoice1 · 4%
- i have rejoiced1 · 4%
- i rejoice1 · 4%
- shall be glad1 · 4%
- i will greatly1 · 4%
- him that rejoiceth1 · 4%
- but be ye glad1 · 4%
- and joy1 · 4%
- her: rejoice1 · 4%
- shall rejoice1 · 4%
- yea, i will rejoice1 · 4%
- they are glad1 · 4%
- we then make mirth1 · 4%
- he will rejoice1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.