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# joy, joyful #
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## Definition: ##
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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.
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* 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.
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* Sometimes places are described as joyful, such as houses or cities. This means that the people who live there are joyful.
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## Translation Suggestions: ##
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* The term "joy" could also be translated as "gladness" or "delight" or "great happiness."
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* 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."
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* 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."
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* 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 ](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/figs-metonymy ))
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(See also: [rejoice ](../other/rejoice.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [1 Thessalonians 01:6-7 ](en/tn/1th/help/01/06 )
* [3 John 01:1-4 ](en/tn/3jn/help/01/01 )
* [Galatians 05:22-24 ](en/tn/gal/help/05/22 )
* [Isaiah 56:6-7 ](en/tn/isa/help/56/06 )
* [James 01:1-3 ](en/tn/jas/help/01/01 )
* [Jeremiah 15:15-16 ](en/tn/jer/help/15/15 )
* [Matthew 02:9-10 ](en/tn/mat/help/02/09 )
* [Nehemiah 08:9-10 ](en/tn/neh/help/08/09 )
* [Philemon 01:4-7 ](en/tn/phm/help/01/04 )
* [Psalm 048:1-3 ](en/tn/psa/help/48/01 )
* [Romans 15:30-32 ](en/tn/rom/help/15/30 )
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[33:07](en/tn/obs/help/33/07)__ "The rocky ground is a person who hears God's word and accepts it with __joy__ ."
* __[34:04](en/tn/obs/help/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."
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* __[41:07](en/tn/obs/help/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
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