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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 2 / 2 (Pro 14:13–Zec 8:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth H8057 is heaviness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - Folly is joy H8057 to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:23 - A man hath joy H8057 by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - It is joy H8057 to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He that loveth pleasure H8057 shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, H8057 therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, H8057 What doeth it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; H8057 for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: H8057 but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20 - For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy H8057 of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. H8057

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, H8057 because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: 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 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, H8057 and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness H8057 of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: H8057 they joy before thee according to the joy H8057 in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And gladness H8057 is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 - And behold joy and gladness, H8057 slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 - There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy H8057 is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 - The meek also shall increase their joy H8057 in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness H8057 of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy H8057 upon their heads: they shall obtain joy H8057 and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness H8057 shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy H8057 shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; H8057 and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 - For ye shall go out with joy, H8057 and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 - For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy H8057 shall be unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, H8057 and they shall be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, H8057 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing H8057 of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, H8057 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, H8057 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness H8057 for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, H8057 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - And joy H8057 and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - As thou didst rejoice H8057 at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy H8057 of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 - Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy H8057 and gladness from the house of our God?

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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 H8057 glad of the gourd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; H8057 he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, H8057 and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

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