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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - "Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - "Because you have not served the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, "Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - David was told, "The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God." So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb, for Israel was celebrating.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - They held a feast before the LORD that day and celebrated. Then they designated Solomon, David's son, as king a second time; before the LORD they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the LORD had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the LORD's temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the LORD's temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the LORD with joy and music, according to the law of Moses and the edict of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the LORD, using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the LORD every day with all their might.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders - older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established - were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people's weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly that the sound was heard a long way off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the LORD had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth days, and rested on the fifteenth, making it a day for banqueting and happiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - This is why the Jews who are in the rural country - those who live in rural cities - set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies - the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Worship the LORD with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

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