Sâsôwn — H8342

H8342 · Hebrew — ששון

Pronunciation: saw-sone'

Other spellings: sâsôn שָׂשֹׂן

Definition

masculine noun

cheerfulness; specifically, welcome

  1. gladness, joy, exultation, rejoicing
    1. exultation, joy

Usually translated as

joy, gladness, mirth, rejoicing

Origin

or sâsôn; from H7797

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Sâsôwn occurs 23 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (2), Psalms (5), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (7), Joel (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S