Strong's Lexicon

H2302

H2302 — חָדָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchadahverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 607

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2302
Word:חָדָה
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:chadah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-daw'
Meaning:1. to rejoice
KJV Renderings:make glad, be joined, rejoice.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2563

II. [חָדָה] verb rejoice (Assyrian —adû DlPr 153; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1632], חֲדָא) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּ֫חַדְּ Exod 18:9 ( E ), and Jethro rejoiced over (עַל of thing); jussive אַליִֿ֫חַדְּ Job 3:6 let it not rejoice among (בְּ) the days of the year, i.e. not take its place joyfully among them (figurative of day of Job's birth). — Klo proposes וְלֹא חָדוּבְּ֗֗֗ 1Sam 6:19 for וַיַּךְבְּ֗֗֗ compare also Dr
Pi`el Imperfect suffix (causative) תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחְה Ps 21:7 thou makest him joyful (Che cheerest him) with gladness (|| תְּשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֺת ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חדה (ghāh-deh’)

Exodus 18:9

KJV: And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
EHCC: Aad Jethro reoiced for all the

Job 3:6

KJV: As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.let it not be…: or, let it not rejoice among the days
EHCC: let it not be jotned unto the days (marg. ot,
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