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# rejoice

«rejoice» in Mova's school dictionary: **to feel or show great joy or happiness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rejoice, rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing); noun rejoicing

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rejoice is to feel or show great joy or happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) To rejoice in God is to be glad and praise God, as in "Rejoice in the Lord always". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In church and the Bible, "rejoice" is a common word in hymns, psalms and Christmas carols ("Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel"). In stories, a whole village rejoices when the dragon is defeated or a lost child comes home. In everyday speech it sounds rather formal or old-fashioned; people more often say "celebrate" or "be over the moon". Phrases: "rejoice at", "rejoice in", "rejoice over", "there was great rejoicing".

### examples

- The whole village rejoiced when the lost girl was found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x1)
- (Bible) "Rejoice in the Lord always," wrote Saint Paul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x2)
- We sang "Rejoice" at the carol service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x3)
- (Bible) In the parable, the shepherd rejoiced when he found the lost sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x4)
- There was great rejoicing when the war ended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x5)
- The fans rejoiced as the final whistle blew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x6)
- (formal) We rejoice at the news of your recovery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x7)
- And my father’s heart will rejoice.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: rejoiced, rejoicing. The noun "rejoicing" is uncountable ("much rejoicing"). It is a formal or church word; in everyday talk say "be very happy" or "celebrate".

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.706/)
- [And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.955/)
- [Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.168/)
- [The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.494/)
- [The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.725/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rejoice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejoice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.