King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8342
Transliteration: sason
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-sone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: exultation, rejoicing
Meaning: cheerfulness, welcome
Word Summary
sason: exultation, rejoicing
Original Word: שָׂשׂוֹןTransliteration: sason
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-sone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: exultation, rejoicing
Meaning: cheerfulness, welcome
Strong's Concordance
gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing Or sason {saw-sone'}; from suws; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome -- gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.
see HEBREW suws
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8342. sason
שָׂשֹׂון noun masculineIsaiah 51:3 exultation, rejoicing; — absolute ׳שׂ Psalm 45:8 +, שָׂשׂן Esther 8:16; construct שְׂשׂוֺן (Sta§ 296 e) Psalm 51:14; 119:111; — exaulation, joy (especially in ׳יs favour), Joel 1:12; Isaiah 12:3; Psalm 51:14; 105:43; 119:111; שׂ ׳שֶׁמֶן (i.e. with which guests were anointed; figurative) 45:8; Isaiah 61:3 (opposed to אֵבֶל); שׂ ׳שֵׁם Jeremiah 33:9 ("" תְּהִלָּה; on text v Gie AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 115); elsewhere "" שִׂמְחָה: 7:34; 15:16; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Isaiah 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), 35:10; 51:3, 11; Zechariah 8:19; Psalm 51:10; Esther 8:16-17, "" שָׂמַח Jeremiah 31:13 (opposed to אֵבֶל).