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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׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad H8055 in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - Let your father and your mother be glad, H8055
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - Do not rejoice H8055 when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Oil and perfume make H8055 the heart glad, H8055
So a [fn]man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, my son, and make H8055 my heart glad, H8055
That I may reply to him who reproaches me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:2 - When the righteous [fn]increase, the people rejoice, H8055
But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - A man who loves wisdom makes H8055 his father glad, H8055
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - By transgression an evil man is ensnared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices. H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice H8055 and to do good in one’s lifetime;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy H8055 in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy H8055 with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his [fn]reward and rejoice H8055 in his labor; this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, H8055 and this will stand by him in his [fn]toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes H8055 life merry, H8055 and money [fn]is the answer to everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice H8055 in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 - Rejoice, H8055 young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the [fn]impulses of your heart and the [fn]desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - “Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“[fn]We will rejoice in you and be glad; H8055
We will [fn]extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - You shall multiply the nation,
You shall [fn]increase [fn]their gladness;
They will be glad H8055 in Your presence
As with the gladness [fn]of harvest,
As [fn]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 does not take H8055 pleasure H8055 in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their [fn]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - “Even the cypress trees rejoice H8055 over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, H8055 O Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - And it will be said in that day,
“Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us.
This is the LORD for whom we have waited;
Let us rejoice and be glad H8055 in His salvation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah [fn]was pleased, H8055 and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 - Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make H8055 them joyful H8055 in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, H8055 but you will be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Be joyful H8055 with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;
Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A [fn]baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very H8055 happy. H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad. H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Because you are glad, H8055 because you are jubilant,
O you who pillage My heritage,
Because you skip about [fn]like a threshing heifer
And neigh like [fn]stallions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what He purposed;
He has accomplished His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has thrown down without sparing,
And He has caused the enemy to rejoice H8055 over you;
He has exalted the [fn]might of your 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,
Who dwells in the land of Uz;
But the cup will come around to you as well,
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - ‘The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice H8055 nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - ‘For thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced H8055 with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “As all the earth rejoices, H8055 I will make you a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - With their wickedness they make H8055 the king glad, H8055
And the princes with their lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Do not rejoice, H8055 O Israel, [fn]with exultation like the [fn]nations!
For you have played the harlot, [fn]forsaking your God.
You have loved harlots’ earnings on [fn]every threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:21 - Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, H8055
For the LORD has done great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - So rejoice, O sons of Zion,
And be glad H8055 in the LORD your God;
For He has given you [fn]the early rain for your vindication.
And He has poured down for you the rain,
The [fn]early and [fn]latter rain [fn]as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:13 - You who rejoice in [fn]Lodebar,
[fn]And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken [fn]Karnaim for ourselves?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - “Do not [fn]gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice H8055 over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, do not [fn]boast
In the day of their distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So the LORD God appointed a [fn]plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was [fn]extremely happy H8055 about the [fn]plant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Do not rejoice H8055 over me, O my enemy.
Though I fall I will rise;
Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:15 - The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice H8055 and are glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O Israel!
Rejoice H8055 and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:10 - “Sing for joy and be glad, H8055 O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “For who has despised the day of small things? [fn]But these seven will be glad H8055 when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - “Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad H8055 as if from wine;
Indeed, their children will see it and be glad, H8055
[fn]Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.

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