Strong's Hebrew · H5965

H5965 ʻâlaç

עָלַס

aw-las'

to rejoice

ʻâlaç appears 3 times in Scripture, in Job 20:18, Job 39:13 and Proverbs 7:18. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously

In the King James Version

× peacock, rejoice, solace self.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Proverbs 7:18

“Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!”

Job 20:18

“He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.”

Job 39:13

“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance glosses from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0). Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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