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Lexicon :: Strong's H8056 - śāmēaḥ

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שָׂמֵחַ
Transliteration
śāmēaḥ
Pronunciation
saw-may'-akh
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Part of Speech
verbal adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2268a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂמֵחַ sâmêach, saw-may'-akh; from H8055; blithe or gleeful:—(be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H8056 in the following manner: rejoice (11x), glad (4x), joyful (3x), merry (3x), merrily (1x), merryhearted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H8056 in the following manner: rejoice (11x), glad (4x), joyful (3x), merry (3x), merrily (1x), merryhearted (1x).

  1. joyful, merry, glad

    1. joyful, showing joy

    2. you who rejoice (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂמֵחַ sâmêach, saw-may'-akh; from H8055; blithe or gleeful:—(be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
STRONGS H8056: Abbreviations
† שָׂמֵחַ verbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute שׂ׳ Deuteronomy 16:15 +, feminine שְׂמֵחָה Psalm 119:9; plural שְׂמֵחִים 1 Kings 1:45 +, construct שִׂמְחֵי Isaiah 24:17, שְׂמֵחֵי Psalm 35:26; —
1.
a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1 Kings 1:45; Esther 5:9 (+ טוֺב לֵב), Esther 5:14; אֵם שְׂמֵחָה Psalm 113:9; לֵב שׂ׳ Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; at feast of tabernacle Deuteronomy 16:15, in thankfulness to י׳ Psalm 126:3 (both predicate with הָיָה), 1 Kings 8:66 (+ טוֺבֵי לֵב) = 2 Chronicles 7:10.
b. = participle 1 Kings 1:40 (|| מְחַלְּלִים piping), 1 Kings 4:20; 2 Kings 11:14 (+ תֹּקֵעַ ב) = 2 Chronicles 23:13, מִן of thing Ecclesiastes 2:10.
2. as substantive הַשׂ׳ Amos 6:13 (+ ל of thing), Proverbs 2:14 (ל infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ אֱלֵיגִֿיל; || יָשְׂישׂוּ); שִׂמְחֵילֵֿב Isaiah 24:7; of malicious joy שׂ׳ Proverbs 17:5 (ל of thing), שְׂמֵחֵי רָעָתִי Psalm 35:26.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

16:15; 16:15

1 Kings

1:40; 1:45; 1:45; 4:20; 8:66

2 Kings

11:14

2 Chronicles

7:10; 23:13

Esther

5:9; 5:14

Job

3:22

Psalms

35:26; 35:26; 113:9; 119:9; 126:3

Proverbs

2:14; 15:13; 17:5; 17:22

Ecclesiastes

2:10

Isaiah

24:7; 24:17

Amos

6:13

H8056

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Strong's Number H8056 matches the Hebrew שָׂמֵחַ (śāmēaḥ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - Seven days shall you keep a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the eretz shook with the sound of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - and Tzadok the Kohen and Natan the prophet have anointed him king in Gichon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Yehudah and Yisra'el were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant, and to Yisra'el his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then `Atalyah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 - Let the heavens be glad, and let the eretz rejoice; Let them say among the nations, the LORD reigns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, and to Shlomo, and to Yisra'el his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then `Atalyah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordekhai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordekhai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak you to the king that Mordekhai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. The thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He settles the barren woman in her home, As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3 - The LORD has done great things for us, And we are glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14 - Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:13 - A glad heart makes a cheerful face; But an aching heart breaks the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 - A cheerful heart makes good medicine, But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
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