Definition

properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• aloud for joy
• cry out
• be joyful (greatly
• make to) rejoice
• (cause to) shout (for joy)
• (cause to) sing (aloud
• for joy
• out)
• triumph

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.