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Lexicon :: Strong's H8055 - śāmaḥ

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שָׂמַח
Transliteration
śāmaḥ
Pronunciation
saw-makh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2268

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂמַח sâmach, saw-makh'; a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:—cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x

The KJV translates Strong's H8055 in the following manner: rejoice (95x), glad (45x), joy (5x), joyful (2x), merry (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x
The KJV translates Strong's H8055 in the following manner: rejoice (95x), glad (45x), joy (5x), joyful (2x), merry (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to rejoice, be glad

    1. (Qal)

      1. to rejoice

      2. to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)

      3. to rejoice (religiously)

    2. (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂמַח sâmach, saw-makh'; a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:—cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.
STRONGS H8055: Abbreviations
שָׂמַח, שָׂמֵ֑ח 154 verb rejoice, be glad (Late Hebrew id.; compare perhaps Assyrian šamâḫu, flourish, Arabic bdb097001be high, proud; Punic proper name, feminine שמחת); —
Qal126 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׂמַח Psalm 16:9; וְשָׂמֵ֑חַ consecutive Proverbs 29:6; 3rd person feminine singular שָׂמֵ֑חָה Esther 8:15; 2nd person masculine singular וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 12:18 +; 3rd person masculine plural שָׂמֵ֑חוּ Nehemiah 12:43, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׂמַח Isaiah 9:16 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ Isaiah 65:13; Psalm 69:33, 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׂמַחְנָה 2 Samuel 1:20, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׂמַח Deuteronomy 33:18 +, feminine singular שִׂמְחִי Zephaniah 3:14 +, שְׂמָ֑חִי Joel 2:21, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׂמֹחַ Ezekiel 35:14 +, etc.; Participle see שָׂמֵחַ adjective; — + 24 times || גיל, less often || רָנַן, עָלַז, שִׂישׂ, etc.; —
1. in common life:
a. rejoice, with ב person or of thing take pleasure in Judges 9:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 33:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22 + 7 times + (probably) בְּכָליָֿמֵינוּ Psalm 90:14 (others ב temporal), compare Ecclesiastes 11:8; עַל person Isaiah 39:2 + || 2 Kings 20:13 (וישׂמח for MT וישׁמע Vrss modern), עַל of thing Jonah 4:6; 2 Chronicles 15:15; with temporal clause Jeremiah 41:13 + 6 times + (of heart) Proverbs 23:15, in one's heart Exodus 4:14 (J); with כִּי because Isaiah 14:29 + 3 times; with אֵת with Isaiah 66:10; with מִן person get pleasure from Proverbs 5:18; absolute 1 Samuel 11:9; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Proverbs 13:9 (figurative of prosperity; subject אוֺר; opposed to דָּעַךְ), + 8 times; with ל of thing at Job 21:12.
b. rejoice arrogantly, exult at, ל person, Micah 7:8; Isaiah 14:8; Obadiah 12; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 35:24; Psalm 38:17, with אֶלֿ of thing Ezekiel 25:6, ב of thing Job 31:29; Psalm 35:15; Proverbs 24:17; absolute Hosea 9:1 (+ אֶלגִּֿיל), 2 Samuel 1:20 + 3 times, + (said of righteous by Eliphaz) Job 22:19.
2.
a. rejoice religiously, with ב of thing 1 Samuel 2:1; Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalm 21:2 + 7 times; with בי׳, etc., Joel 2:23; Psalm 32:11 + 10 times Psalms + Psalm 9:3 (+ אֶעֶלְצָה בָ֑ךְ); with עַל of thing 2 Chronicles 29:36, עַל infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:9 a; with לְמַעַן of thing Psalm 48:12; with כִּי because Psalm 119:74; absolute Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 4:10; Joel 2:21; 1 Chronicles 29:9b (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 1 Chronicles 16:31 (of heavens) = Psalm 96:11; Psalm 97:1 (isles) + 18 times (12 times Psalms), + (of heart) Zechariah 10:7a Psalm 16:9; 1 Chronicles 16:10, בְּכָללֵֿב Zephaniah 3:14 (compare Exodus 4:14 1a above); with לִפְנֵי י׳ Isaiah 9:2 and (of joyous feasting etc., at sanctuary) Leviticus 23:40 (H), Deuteronomy 12:12, 18; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 27:7, compare Deuteronomy 14:26; 1 Samuel 11:15.
b. subject י׳, with עַל person Isaiah 9:16 (|| רחם; PerlesRÉJ xxxiv. 63 be gentle, Arabic bdb097002), ב of thing Psalm 104:31.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשִׂמַּח consecutive Deuteronomy 24:5, suffix שִׁמְּחָהוּ Jeremiah 20:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׂמַּח Psalm 104:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׂמֵּחַ Psalm 86:4, שַׂמַּח Proverbs 27:11, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׂמֵּחַ Jeremiah 20:15; Participle מְשַׂמֵּחַ Judges 9:13, plural construct מְשַׂמְּחֵי Psalm 19:9; — cause to rejoice, gladden, with accusative of person (or equivalent), subject person Deuteronomy 24:5; Jeremiah 20:15 (+ Infinitive absolute), Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 27:11; Proverbs 29:3 (Hosea 7:3 see משׁח 2); especially subject י׳ (God) Jeremiah 31:13 (with מִן separ.) Isaiah 56:7; 2 Chronicles 20:27 (with מִן of source, see Qal 1 a), Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 12:43 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Psalm 86:4; Psalm 90:15; Psalm 92:5 (ב instrumental), also, with ל person cause to exult at Psalm 30:2, id. with עַל person Lamentations 2:17; subject of thing Judges 9:13; Psalm 19:9; Psalm 45:9; Psalm 46:5; Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Proverbs 12:25; Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 27:9.
̸Hiph. = Pi. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִשְׂמַחְתָּ Psalm 89:43 (subject י׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:14; 4:14

Leviticus

23:40

Deuteronomy

12:7; 12:12; 12:18; 12:18; 14:26; 16:11; 24:5; 24:5; 27:7; 33:18; 33:18

Judges

9:13; 9:13; 9:19

1 Samuel

2:1; 11:9; 11:15

2 Samuel

1:20; 1:20

2 Kings

20:13

1 Chronicles

16:10; 16:31; 29:9; 29:9

2 Chronicles

15:15; 20:27; 29:36

Ezra

6:22

Nehemiah

12:43; 12:43

Esther

8:15

Job

21:12; 22:19; 31:29

Psalms

9:3; 16:9; 16:9; 19:9; 19:9; 21:2; 30:2; 32:11; 35:15; 35:19; 35:24; 38:17; 45:9; 46:5; 48:12; 69:33; 86:4; 86:4; 89:43; 90:14; 90:15; 92:5; 96:11; 97:1; 104:15; 104:15; 104:31; 119:74

Proverbs

5:18; 10:1; 12:25; 13:9; 15:20; 15:30; 23:15; 24:17; 27:9; 27:11; 27:11; 29:3; 29:6

Ecclesiastes

3:12; 3:22; 10:19; 11:8

Isaiah

9:2; 9:16; 9:16; 14:8; 14:29; 39:2; 56:7; 65:13; 66:10

Jeremiah

20:15; 20:15; 20:15; 31:13; 41:13

Lamentations

2:17

Ezekiel

25:6; 35:14

Hosea

7:3; 9:1

Joel

2:21; 2:21; 2:23

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

4:6

Micah

7:8

Zephaniah

3:14; 3:14

Zechariah

4:10; 10:7

H8055

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Strong's Number H8055 matches the Hebrew שָׂמַח (śāmaḥ),
which occurs 158 times in 148 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 23:24–Zec 10:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy H8055 of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, H8055 and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - Rejoice H8055 not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice H8055 the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, H8055 that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:2 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: H8055 but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth H8055 his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, H8055 and to do good in his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice H8055 in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice H8055 in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice H8055 in his labour; this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: H8055 for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: H8055 but money answereth all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice H8055 in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 - Rejoice, H8055 O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice H8055 in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy H8055 before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord shall have no joy H8055 in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - Yea, the fir trees rejoice H8055 at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice H8055 not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice H8055 in his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah was glad H8055 of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 - Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful H8055 in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, H8055 but ye shall be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - Rejoice H8055 ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very H8055 glad. H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice H8055 in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice H8055 from their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - Because ye were glad, H8055 because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice H8055 over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, H8055 O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, H8055 nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced H8055 in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, H8055 I will make thee desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - They make the king glad H8055 with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Rejoice H8055 not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:21 - Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: H8055 for the LORD will do great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice H8055 in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:13 - Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced H8055 over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad H8055 of the gourd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Rejoice H8055 not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:15 - They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice H8055 and are glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad H8055 and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:10 - Sing and rejoice, H8055 O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, H8055 and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice H8055 as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; H8055 their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

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