Alaz עָלַז

Alaz (Hebrew עָלַז, Strong's H5937) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to exult”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Alaz, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:20
  Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.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.

Psalms

• Psalm 28:7
  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
• Psalm 60:6
  God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
• Psalm 68:4
  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.
• Psalm 94:3
  LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
• Psalm 96:12
  Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoiceLet the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
• Psalm 108:7
  God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
• Psalm 149:5
  Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 23:16
  Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 23:12
  And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 11:15
  What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
• Jeremiah 15:17
  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
• Jeremiah 50:11
  Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
• Jeremiah 51:39
  In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:18
  Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:14
  Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).