King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G5479 - Joy

Strong's No.:	G5479

Greek:	χαρά

Transliteration:	chara

Phonetic:	khar-ah'

Word Origin:	From G5463

Bible Usage:	gladness X-(idiom) greatly (X be exceeding) joy (-ful -fully -fulness -ous).

Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine

Strongs Definition:	cheerfulness that is calm delight

Thayers Definition:	1. joy, gladness a. the joy received from you b. the cause or occasion of joy 1. of persons who are one's joy

Bible References: Joy	Mat 2:10 Mat 13:20 Mat 13:44 Mat 25:21 Mat 25:23 Mat 28:8 Luke 1:14 Luke 2:10 Luke 8:13 Luke 10:17 Luke 15:7 Luke 15:10 Luke 24:41 Luke 24:52 John 3:29 John 15:11 John 15:11 John 16:20 John 16:21 John 16:22 John 16:24 John 17:13 Act 8:8 Act 13:52 Act 15:3 Act 20:24 Rom 14:17 Rom 15:13 Rom 15:32 2 Cor 1:24 2 Cor 2:3 2 Cor 7:13 2 Cor 8:2 Gal 5:22 Phil 1:4 Phil 1:25 Phil 2:2 Phil 4:1 1 Th 1:6 1 Th 2:19 1 Th 2:20 1 Th 3:9 2 Tim 1:4 Heb 12:2 Heb 13:17 Jam 1:2 Jam 4:9 1 Pet 1:8 1 John 1:4 2 John 1:12 3 John 1:4

Translation Occurrences:	gladness ( 3 ) greatly ( 1 ) joy ( 51 ) joyful ( 1 ) joyfulness ( 1 ) joyous ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.