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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 -

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,

And the end of joy H8057 may be grief.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 -

Folly is gladness H8057 to him who lacks a heart of wisdom,

But a man of discernment walks straight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:23 -

A man has gladness H8057 in an [fn]apt answer,

And how good is a timely word!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 -

To do justice is [fn]pleasure H8057 for the righteous,

But is ruin to the workers of iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

He who loves [fn]pleasure H8057 will become a poor man;

He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 -

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with gladness H8057, so that you shall see good things.” And behold, it too was vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of gladness H8057, “What does it do?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All that my eyes asked for I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any gladness H8057, for my heart was glad because of all my labor, and this was my reward for all my labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to a man who is good before Him, He has given wisdom and knowledge and gladness H8057, while to the sinner He has given the endeavor of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good before God. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20 - For he will not remember much the days of his life because God allows [fn]him to occupy himself with the gladness H8057 of his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 -

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

While the heart of fools is in the house of gladness H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I laud gladness H8057, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to [fn]be merry, and this will join with him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 -

Go then, eat your bread in gladness H8057 and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 -

“Go forth and see, O daughters of Zion,

King Solomon with the [fn]crown

With which his mother has crowned him

On the day of his wedding,

And on the day of his gladness H8057 of heart.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 -

You shall multiply the nation,

You shall [fn]make great [fn]their gladness H8057;

They will be glad in Your presence

As with the gladness H8057 [fn]of harvest,

As [fn]men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 -

Gladness H8057 and joy are taken away from the fruitful orchard;

In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or shouts of jubilation,

No treader treads out wine in the presses,

For I have made the shouting to cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 -

Instead, behold, there is joy and gladness H8057,

Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,

Eating of meat and drinking of wine:

“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 -

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;

All gladness H8057 [fn]turns to gloom.

The joy of the earth is taken away into exile.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 -

The afflicted also will increase their gladness H8057 in Yahweh,

And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 -

You will have [fn]songs as in the night when you set yourself apart as holy for the festival,

And gladness H8057 of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,

To go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

With everlasting gladness H8057 upon their heads.

They will [fn]attain delight and gladness H8057,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her waste places.

And her wilderness He will make like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of Yahweh;

Joy and gladness H8057 will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 -

So the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

And everlasting gladness H8057 will be on their heads.

They will obtain joy and gladness H8057,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 -

“For you will go out with gladness H8057

And be led forth with peace;

The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 -

Instead of your shame you will have a double portion,

And instead of dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion.

Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land;

Everlasting gladness H8057 will be theirs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 -

Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at His word:

“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,

Have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your gladness H8057.’

But they will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness H8057, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 -

Your words were found, and I ate them,

And Your words became for me joy and gladness H8057 in my heart,

For I have been called by Your name,

O Yahweh God of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness H8057, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will [fn]make the voice of joy 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 lamp, to perish from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 -

For thus says Yahweh,

“Sing aloud with gladness H8057 for Jacob,

And shout among the head of the nations;

Make it heard, give praise, and say,

‘O Yahweh, save Your people,

The remnant of Israel.’

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 those who say,

“Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 -

“So gladness H8057 and joy are gathered up

From the fruitful orchard, even from the land of Moab.

And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses;

No one will tread them with shouting,

The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - “As you delighted over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted gladness H8057 and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for plunder.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 -

Has not food been cut off before our eyes,

Gladness H8057 and joy from the house of our God?

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So Yahweh God appointed a [fn]plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was [fn]extremely H8057 glad about the plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 -

“Yahweh your God is in your midst,

A mighty one who will save.

He will be joyful over you with gladness H8057;

He will [fn]be quiet in His love;

He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness H8057, and [fn]merry appointed feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’

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