Lexical Definition

‎שָׂשׂוֹן‎ sâsôwn (saw-sone') rejoicing ^H:N-M
or שָׂשֹׂן sâsôn (saw-sone'); from ‎שׂוּשׂ‎

gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.

• cheerfulness
• specifically, welcome

1) gladness, joy, exultation, rejoicing
1a) exultation, joy

See Greek: ἀγαλλίασις · αἴνεσις · εὐφροσύνη · χαρά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׂשׂוֹן‎ noun masculine^{Isa 51:3} exultation, rejoicing; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Ps 45:8* +, ‎שָׂשׂן‎ Esth 8:16 construct ‎שְׂשׂוֺן‎ (Sta^{§ 296 e}) Ps 51:14*; Ps 119:111 — exaulation, joy (especially in ‎׳‎‎י‎'s favour), Joel 1:12; Isa 12:3; Ps 51:14*; Ps 105:43; Ps 119:111 ‎׳‎‎שֶׁמֶן שׂ‎ (i.e. with which guests were anointed; figurative) Ps 45:8*; Isa 61:3 (opposed to ‎אֵבֶל‎); ‎׳‎‎שֵׁם שׂ‎ Jer 33:9 (|| ‎תְּהִלָּה‎; on text v Gie Albr^{ZAW xvi(1896), 115}); elsewhere || ‎שִׂמְחָה‎: Jer 7:34; Jer 15:16; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 33:11; Isa 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), Isa 35:10; Isa 51:3; Isa 51:11; Zech 8:19; Ps 51:10*; Esth 8:16; Esth 8:17 || ‎שָׂמַח‎ Jer 31:13 (opposed to ‎אֵבֶל‎).

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