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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 -

Foolishness is joy H8057 to one who lacks [fn]sense,

But a person of understanding walks straight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:23 -

A person has joy H8057 in an [fn]apt answer,

And how delightful is a timely word!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 -

The exercise of justice is joy H8057 for the righteous,

But terror to those who practice injustice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

One who loves pleasure H8057 will become a poor person;

One who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 -

I said [fn]to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure H8057. So [fn]enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, “It is senseless,” and of pleasure H8057, “What does this accomplish?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure H8057, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my reward for all my labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy H8057, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20 - For he will not often call to mind the [fn]years of his life, because God keeps [fn]him busy with the joy H8057 of his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 -

The [fn]mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,

While the [fn]mind of fools is in the house of pleasure H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure H8057, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by 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 happiness H8057, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 -

“Go out, you daughters of Zion,

And look at King Solomon with the [fn]crown

With which his mother has crowned him

On the day of his wedding,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 -

You will multiply the nation,

You will [fn]increase [fn]their joy H8057;

They will rejoice in Your presence

As with the joy H8057 [fn]of harvest,

As people rejoice when they divide the spoils.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 -

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

In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,

No treader treads out wine in the presses,

For I have made the shouting to cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 -

Instead, there is joy and jubilation H8057,

Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,

Eating of meat and drinking of wine:

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 -

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;

All joy H8057 [fn]turns to gloom.

The joy of the earth is banished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 -

The afflicted also will increase their joy H8057 in the LORD,

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 keep the festival,

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the redeemed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with joyful shouting,

And everlasting joy H8057 will be on their heads.

They will obtain gladness and joy H8057,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her ruins.

And He will make her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the LORD.

Joy and gladness H8057 will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 -

And the redeemed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with joyful shouting,

And everlasting joy H8057 will be on their heads.

They will obtain gladness and joy H8057,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 -

“For you will go out with joy H8057

And be led in peace;

The mountains and the hills will break 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 humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.

Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,

Everlasting joy H8057 will be theirs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 -

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

“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you on account of My name,

Have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, so that we may see your joy H8057.’

But they will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will eliminate 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 groom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a site of ruins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 -

Your words were found and I ate them,

And Your words became a joy to me and the delight H8057 of my heart;

For I have been called by Your name,

LORD God of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of joy H8057, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy H8057, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 -

For this is what the LORD says:

“Sing aloud with joy H8057 for Jacob,

And be joyful with the [fn]chief of the nations;

Proclaim, give praise, and say,

‘LORD, 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 groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“Give thanks to the LORD of armies,

For the LORD is good,

For His mercy is everlasting,”

as they bring a thanksgiving offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 -

“So joy H8057 and rejoicing are removed

From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab.

And I have eliminated the wine 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 rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - therefore the Lord GOD says this: “Certainly in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who [fn]appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy H8057 and with contempt of soul, in order to make its pastureland plunder.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 -

Has food not been cut off before our eyes, and

Joy H8057 and rejoicing from the house of our God?

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So the LORD God designated a [fn]plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to [fn]relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah [fn]was overjoyed H8057 about the plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 -

“The LORD your God is in your midst,

A [fn]victorious warrior.

He will rejoice over you with joy H8057,

He will [fn]be quiet in His love,

He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “The LORD of armies says this: ‘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, jubilation H8057, and [fn]cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’

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