# joy, joyful #

## Definition: ##

Joy is a feeling of delight or deep satisfaction that comes from God. The related term "joyful" describes a person who feels very glad and is full of deep happiness.

* A person feels joy when he has a deep sense that what he is experiencing is very good.
* God is the one who gives true joy to people.
* Having joy does not depend on pleasant circumstances. God can give people joy even when very difficult things are happening in their lives.
* Sometimes places are described as joyful, such as houses or cities. This means that the people who live there are joyful.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* The term "joy" could also be translated as "gladness" or "delight" or "great happiness."
* The phrase, "be joyful" could be translated as "rejoice" or "be very glad" or it could be translated "be very happy in God's goodness."
* A person who is joyful could be described as "very happy" or "delighted" or "deeply glad."
* A phrase such as "make a joyful shout" could be translated as "shout in a way that shows you are very happy."
* A "joyful city" or "joyful house" could be translated as "city where joyful people live" or "house full of joyful people" or "city whose people are very happy." (See: [metonymy](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy))

(See also: [rejoice](../other/rejoice.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Thessalonians 01:6-7](rc://en/tn/help/1th/01/06)
* [3 John 01:1-4](rc://en/tn/help/3jn/01/01)
* [Galatians 05:22-24](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/22)
* [Isaiah 56:6-7](rc://en/tn/help/isa/56/06)
* [James 01:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/jas/01/01)
* [Jeremiah 15:15-16](rc://en/tn/help/jer/15/15)
* [Matthew 02:9-10](rc://en/tn/help/mat/02/09)
* [Nehemiah 08:9-10](rc://en/tn/help/neh/08/09)
* [Philemon 01:4-7](rc://en/tn/help/phm/01/04)
* [Psalm 048:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/psa/048/001)
* [Romans 15:30-32](rc://en/tn/help/rom/15/30)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[33:07](rc://en/tn/help/obs/33/07)__ "The rocky ground is a person who hears God's word and accepts it with __joy__."
* __[34:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/34/04)__ "The kingdom of God is also like hidden treasure that someone hid in a field.. Another man found the treasure and then buried it again. He was so filled with __joy__, that he went and sold everything he had and used the money to buy that field."
* __[41:07](rc://en/tn/help/obs/41/07)__ The women were full of fear and great __joy__. They ran to tell the disciples the good news.

## Word Data:##

* Strong's: H1523, H1524, H1525, H1750, H2304, H2305, H2898, H4885, H5937, H5947, H5970, H7440, H7442, H7444, H7445, H7797, H8055, H8056, H8057, H8342, H8643, G20, G21, G2167, G2744, G3685, G4640, G5463, G5479

