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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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,
And the end of mirth may be grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment,
But a man of understanding walks uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And this was my reward from all my labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20 - For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go, eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 - Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;[fn]
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - Gladness is taken away,
And joy from the plentiful field;
In the vineyards there will be no singing,
Nor will there be shouting;
No treaders will tread out wine in the presses;
I have made their shouting cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 - But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 - There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - You shall have a song
As in the night when a holy festival is kept,
And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute,
To come into the mountain of the LORD,
To the Mighty One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD will comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - So the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 - Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
‘Let the LORD be glorified,
That we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 - Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O LORD God of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - For thus says the LORD:

“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - ‘the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:

“Praise the LORD of hosts,
For the LORD is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—
and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Joy and gladness are taken
From the plentiful field
And from the land of Moab;
I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses;
No one will tread with joyous shouting—
Not joyous shouting!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - “As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the LORD.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - ‘therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 - Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the LORD God prepared a plant[fn] and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:

‘The fast of the fourth month,
The fast of the fifth,
The fast of the seventh,
And the fast of the tenth,
Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
Therefore love truth and peace.’

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