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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxDeu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “Seven H7651 days H3117 you shall celebrate H2287 a feast H2287 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 chooses, H977 because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in all H3605 your produce H8393 and in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands, H3027 so that you will be altogether H389 joyful. H8056

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - All H3605 the people H5971 went H5927 up after H310 him, and the people H5971 [fn]were playing H2490 on flutes H2485 and rejoicing H8056 with great H1419 joy, H8057 so that the earth H776 [fn]shook H1234 at their noise. H6963

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - “Zadok H6659 the priest H3548 and Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030 have anointed H4886 him king H4428 in Gihon, H1521 and they have come H5927 up from there H8033 rejoicing, H8056 so that the city H7151 is in an uproar. H1949 This H1931 is the noise H6963 which H834 you have heard. H8085

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 were as numerous H7227 as the sand H2344 that is on the [fn]seashore H3220 in abundance; H7230 they were eating H398 and drinking H8354 and rejoicing. H8056

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the eighth H8066 day H3117 he sent H7971 the people H5971 away H7971 and they blessed H1288 the king. H4428 Then they went H1980 to their tents H168 joyful H8056 and glad H2896 of heart H3820 for all H3605 the goodness H2896 that the LORD H3068 had [fn]shown H6213 to David H1732 His servant H5650 and to Israel H3478 His people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - She looked H7200 and behold, H2009 the king H4428 was standing H5975 by the pillar, H5982 according to the custom, H4941 with the captains H8269 and the [fn]trumpeters H2689 beside H413 the king; H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 rejoiced H8056 and blew H8628 trumpets. H2689 Then Athaliah H6271 tore H7167 her clothes H899 and cried, H7121 “Treason! H7195 Treason!” H7195

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 - Let the heavens H8064 be glad, H8055 and let the earth H776 rejoice; H1523
And let them say H559 among the nations, H1471 “The LORD H3068 reigns.” H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - Then on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320 he sent H7971 the people H5971 to their tents, H168 rejoicing H8056 and happy H2896 of heart H3820 because H5921 of the goodness H2896 that the LORD H3068 had shown H6213 to David H1732 and to Solomon H8010 and to His people H5971 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - She looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 the king H4428 was standing H5975 by his pillar H5982 at the entrance, H3996 and the captains H8269 and the [fn]trumpeters H2689 were beside H5921 the king. H4428 And all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 rejoiced H8056 and blew H8628 trumpets, H2689 the singers H7891 with their musical H7892 instruments H3627 [fn]leading H3045 the praise. H1984 Then Athaliah H6271 tore H7167 her clothes H899 and said, H559 “Treason! H7195 Treason!” H7195

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then Haman H2001 went H3318 out that day H3117 glad H8056 and pleased H2896 of heart; H3820 but when Haman H2001 saw H7200 Mordecai H4782 in the king’s H4428 gate H8179 and that he did not stand H6965 up or [fn]tremble H2111 before H4480 him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with anger H2534 against H5921 Mordecai. H4782

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 said H559 to him, “Have a [fn]gallows H6086 fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364 made H6213 and in the morning H1242 ask H559 the king H4428 to have Mordecai H4782 hanged H8518 on it; then go H935 joyfully H8056 with the king H4428 to the banquet.” H4960 And the [fn]advice H1697 pleased H3190 Haman, H2001 so he had the gallows H6086 made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H2659 altogether H3162 who rejoice H8056 at my distress; H7451
Let those be clothed H3847 with shame H1322 and dishonor H3639 who magnify H1431 themselves over H5921 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He makes the barren H6135 woman H6135 abide H3427 in the house H1004
As a joyful H8056 mother H517 of children. H1121
[fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD! H3050

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3 - The LORD H3068 has done H6213 great H1431 things H1431 for us;
We are glad. H8056

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14 - Who H8056 delight H8056 in doing H6213 evil H7451
And rejoice H1523 in the perversity H8419 of evil; H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:13 - A joyful H8056 heart H3820 makes H3190 a [fn]cheerful H3190 face, H6440
But [fn]when the heart H3820 is sad, H6094 the spirit H7307 is broken. H5218

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - He who mocks H3932 the poor H7326 taunts H2778 his Maker; H6213
He who rejoices H8056 at calamity H343 will not go H5352 unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 - A joyful H8056 heart H3820 [fn]is good H3190 medicine, H1456
But a broken H5218 spirit H7307 dries H3001 up the bones. H1634

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All H3605 that my eyes H5869 desired H7592 I did not refuse H680 them. I did not withhold H4513 my heart H3820 from any H3605 pleasure, H8057 for my heart H3820 was pleased H8056 because H4480 of all H3605 my labor H5999 and this H2088 was my reward H2506 for all H3605 my labor. H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new H8492 wine H8492 mourns, H56
The vine H1612 decays, H535
All H3605 the merry-hearted H8056 H3820 sigh. H584
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