–noun | 1. | the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son's success. |
| 2. | a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated: Her prose style is a pure joy. |
| 3. | the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety. |
| 4. | a state of happiness or felicity. |
–verb (used without object) | 5. | to feel joy; be glad; rejoice. |
–verb (used with object) The word "joy" occurs in 209 verses of the NIV version of the Bible. Joy is also my middle name. I plan on doing some sort of word study in the near future. More to come...
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Interesting. I may have to write that down in Callie Joy's journal....
Very cool!
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