H8342

שָׂשׂוֹן

sâsôwn · saw-sone'

cheerfulness; specifically, welcome

Lexicon

Derivation: or שָׂשֹׂן; from H7797 (שׂוּשׂ);

cheerfulness; specifically, welcome

cheerfulness
specifically, welcome

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.

Letters

Shin

Vav

Nun

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
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)
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

To consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂשׂוֹן 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

22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

joy3 · 14%
of joy3 · 14%
of mirth3 · 14%
and gladness2 · 9%
and joy1 · 5%
of gladness1 · 5%
unto me the joy1 · 5%
with joy1 · 5%
for they are the rejoicing1 · 5%
therefore with joy1 · 5%
and behold joy1 · 5%
gladness1 · 5%
was unto me the joy1 · 5%
into joy1 · 5%
because joy1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שָׂשׂוֹן֙5שָׂשׂ֤וֹן3שָׂשׂ֣וֹן2שְׂשׂ֖וֹן1שָׂשׂ֗וֹן1שְׂשׂ֣וֹן1בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן1וְשָׂשׂוֹן֙1וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן1לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן1בְשָׂשׂ֑וֹן1שָׂשׂ֖וֹן1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.