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Lexicon :: Strong's H8057 - śimḥâ

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שִׂמְחָה
Transliteration
śimḥâ
Pronunciation
sim-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2268b

Strong’s Definitions

שִׂמְחָה simchâh, sim-khaw'; from H8056; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival):—× exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H8057 in the following manner: joy (44x), gladness (31x), mirth (8x), rejoice (3x), rejoicing (2x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H8057 in the following manner: joy (44x), gladness (31x), mirth (8x), rejoice (3x), rejoicing (2x), miscellaneous (6x).

  1. joy, mirth, gladness

    1. mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure

    2. joy (of God)

    3. glad result, happy issue

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׂמְחָה simchâh, sim-khaw'; from H8056; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival):—× exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
STRONGS H8057: Abbreviations
שִׂמְחָה 93 noun feminine joy, gladness, mirth; — absolute שׂ׳ Genesis 31:37 +, construct שִׂמְחַת Isaiah 9:2 +; suffix שִׂמְחָתִי Psalm 137:6, etc.; plural שְׂמָחוֺת Psalm 16:11, תֹ- Psalm 45:16; —
1. mirth, gladness, e.g. in festivity, Genesis 31:27 (E), Psalm 137:3; Psalm 137:6, 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Samuel 18:6; Isaiah 9:2 (twice in verse); Isaiah 16:10; Psalm 45:16; יוֺם מִשְׁתֶּה וְשׂ׳ Esther 9:17, 18, 22 compare (יוֺם omitted) Esther 9:19 (+ יוֺם טוֺב), Esther 9:22 (|| יוֺם טוֺם), + 5 times, + קוֺל שׂ׳ Jeremiah 7:34 = Jeremiah 16:9 = Jeremiah 25:10 = Jeremiah 33:11; joy of heart Proverbs 14:10, 13; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Songs 3:11, compare (of inward joy) Jonah 4:6; Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 21:15; = gaiety, pleasure Isaiah 22:13; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 2, 10; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7, בֵּית שׂ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:4; חָנֵף שׂ׳ Job 20:5, of foolish Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 21:17; malicious joy Ezekiel 35:15 (ל of thing), so כָּללֵֿבָב שׂ׳ Ezekiel 36:5.
2. 46 (especially Psalms Chronicles) religious: 2 Samuel 6:12 || 1 Chronicles 15:16, 25; Joel 1:16 +; יוֺם שׂ׳ Numbers 10:10 (P); עָשָׂה שׂ׳ i.e. make a (sacred) festivity 2 Chronicles 30:23; Nehemiah 8:12; Nehemiah 12:27; שִׂמְחַת עוֺלָם Isaiah 35:10 = Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 61:7; שׂ׳ with עַל person Nehemiah 12:44; joy of heart Isaiah 30:29; Jeremiah 15:16; as gift of י׳ Psalm 4:8; Psalm 21:7 + 7 times + (in mockery) Isaiah 66:5.
† 3. joy of י׳ Zephaniah 3:17.
† 4. glad result, gleeful issue Psalm 106:5 (|| טוֺבָה), Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 12:20 (Gr אֱמֻנָה, Toy מִשְׁפָּט; opposed to מִרְמָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:27; 31:37

Numbers

10:10

1 Samuel

18:6

2 Samuel

6:12

1 Kings

1:40

1 Chronicles

15:16; 15:25

2 Chronicles

30:23

Nehemiah

8:12; 12:27; 12:44

Esther

9:17; 9:18; 9:19; 9:22; 9:22

Job

20:5

Psalms

4:8; 16:11; 21:7; 45:16; 45:16; 106:5; 137:3; 137:6; 137:6

Proverbs

10:28; 12:20; 14:10; 14:13; 15:21; 15:23; 21:15; 21:17

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:2; 2:10; 5:19; 7:4; 8:15; 9:7

Song of Songs

3:11

Isaiah

9:2; 9:2; 16:10; 22:13; 30:29; 35:10; 51:11; 61:7; 66:5

Jeremiah

7:34; 15:16; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11

Ezekiel

35:15; 36:5

Joel

1:16

Jonah

4:6

Zephaniah

3:17

H8057

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8057 matches the Hebrew שִׂמְחָה (śimḥâ),
which occurs 94 times in 89 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:27–Pro 14:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall sound with the trumpets at your whole-burnt-offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And it was reported to king David, saying, The Lord has blessed the house of Abeddara, and all that he has, because of the ark of the Lord. And David went, and brought up the ark of the Lord from the house of Abeddara to the city of David with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, and they danced in choirs, and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth [fn]quaked with their voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - (LXX 12:41) And their neighbours, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, victuals, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Abdedom with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - And all the men of Juda returned to Jerusalem, and Josaphat led them with great joy; for the Lord gave them joy over their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and he appointed them to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites played on instruments to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and the Levites, and the elder men, heads of families, who had seen the former house on its foundation, and who saw this house with their eyes, wept with a loud voice: but the multitude shouted with joy to raise a song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - And the people did not distinguish the voice of the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity, made booths, and dwelt in booths: for the children of Israel had not done so from the days of Jesus the son of Naue until that day: and there was great joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and had psalteries and harps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - And in that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had made them very joyful: and their wives and their children rejoiced: and the joy in Jerusalem was heard from afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and for the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, to furnish portions for the priests and Levites: for there was joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - And the Jews had light and gladness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - (LXX 4:8) Thou hast put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - (LXX 15:11) Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - (LXX 20:7) For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - (LXX 29:12) Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - (LXX 42:4) And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - (LXX 44:16) They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - (LXX 50:10) Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - (LXX 67:4) But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - (LXX 96:11) Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - (LXX 99:2) Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with exultation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - (LXX 105:5) that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - (LXX 136:3) For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - (LXX 136:6) May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - If a man's [fn]mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.

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