Word study
Exult
5 Hebrew and 1 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: exult, exulted, exults. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “exult” or one of its forms.
Compare the Hebrew words side by side
Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עָלַז âlazexulttranslated this way 5 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H5937Verb · Translated: exult 5, rejoice 5, triumph 2Full study and all 16 verses →
2 Samuel 1:20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
Psalm 94:3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- הָלַל hâlalshinetranslated this way 3 times of its 165 uses · Strong’s H1984Verb · Translated: praise 65, Hallelujah 24, praised 14, boast 9Full study and all 140 verses →
Psalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- עָלַץ âlatsrejoice, exulttranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H5970Verb · Translated: rejoice 3, rejoices 2, exult 2, triumph 1Full study and all 8 verses →
1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
Psalm 25:2 in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- שׂוּשׂ sûsexult, rejoicetranslated this way 2 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s H7797Verb · Translated: rejoice 10, glad 3, exult 2, rejoice greatly 2Full study and all 24 verses →
Job 3:22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
Psalm 35:9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
- גִּיל gîlrejoicetranslated this way 2 times of its 43 uses · Strong’s H1523Verb · Translated: rejoice 35, glad 2, exult 2Full study and all 43 verses →
Psalm 97:8 Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Greek words (New Testament)
- καυχάομαι kaucháomaiI boast, glorytranslated this way 2 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s G2744Verb · Translated: boast 23, boasting 4, rejoice 3, boasts 2Full study and all 33 verses →
1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
James 1:9 The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
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- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
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- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.