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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 - cur ignorante me fugere voluisti nec indicare mihi ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et cithara

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - si quando habebitis epulum et dies festos et kalendas canetis tubis super holocaustis et pacificis victimis ut sint vobis in recordationem Dei vestri ego Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio cordisque laetitia propter rerum omnium abundantiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - et principes Philisthinorum convenerunt in unum ut immolarent hostias magnificas Dagon deo suo et epularentur dicentes tradidit deus noster inimicum nostrum Samson in manus nostras

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - porro cum reverteretur percusso Philistheo David egressae sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israhel cantantes chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis in tympanis laetitiae et in sistris

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - nuntiatumque est regi David benedixit Dominus Obededom et omnia eius propter arcam Dei abiit ergo David et adduxit arcam Dei de domo Obededom in civitatem David cum gaudio

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - et ascendit universa multitudo post eum et populus canentium tibiis et laetantium gaudio magno et insonuit terra ad clamorem eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - sed et qui iuxta eos erant usque ad Isachar et Zabulon et Nepthalim adferebant panes in asinis et camelis et mulis et bubus ad vescendum farinam palatas uvam passam vinum oleum boves arietes ad omnem copiam gaudium quippe erat in Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - dixit quoque David principibus Levitarum ut constituerent de fratribus suis cantores in organis musicorum nablis videlicet et lyris et cymbalis ut resonaret in excelsum sonitus laetitiae

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - igitur David et maiores natu Israhel et tribuni ierunt ad deportandam arcam foederis Domini de domo Obededom cum laetitia

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - laetatusque est populus cum vota sponte promitterent quia corde toto offerebant ea Domino sed et David rex laetatus est gaudio magno

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - scio Deus meus quod probes corda et simplicitatem diligas unde et ego in simplicitate cordis mei laetus obtuli universa haec et populum tuum qui hic reppertus est vidi cum ingenti gaudio tibi offerre donaria

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - et comederunt et biberunt coram Domino in die illo cum grandi laetitia et unxerunt secundo Salomonem filium David unxerunt autem Domino in principem et Sadoc in pontificem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - reversusque est omnis vir Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem et Iosaphat ante eos in Hierusalem cum laetitia magna eo quod dedisset eis Dominus gaudium de inimicis suis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - constituit autem Ioiadae praepositos in domo Domini et sub manibus sacerdotum ac Levitarum quos distribuit David in domo Domini ut offerrent holocausta Domino sicut scriptum est in lege Mosi in gaudio et canticis iuxta dispositionem David

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - praecepitque Ezechias et principes Levitis ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David et Asaph videntis qui laudaverunt eum magna laetitia et curvato genu adoraverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - feceruntque filii Israhel qui inventi sunt in Hierusalem sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in laetitia magna laudantes Dominum per singulos dies Levitae quoque et sacerdotes per organa quae suo officio congruebant

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - placuitque universae multitudini ut celebrarent etiam alios dies septem quod et fecerunt cum ingenti gaudio

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - factaque est grandis celebritas in Hierusalem qualis a diebus Salomonis filii David regis Israhel in ea urbe non fuerat

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - plurimi etiam de sacerdotibus et Levitis et principes patrum seniores qui viderant templum prius cum fundatum esset et hoc templum in oculis eorum flebant voce magna et multi vociferantes in laetitia elevabant vocem

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - nec poterat quisquam agnoscere vocem clamoris laetantium et vocem fletus populi commixtim enim populus vociferabatur clamore magno et vox audiebatur procul

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - et fecerunt sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in laetitia quoniam laetificaverat eos Dominus et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos ut adiuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - abiit itaque omnis populus ut comederet et biberet et mitteret partes et faceret laetitiam magnam quia intellexerant verba quae docuerat eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - fecit ergo universa ecclesia eorum qui redierant de captivitate tabernacula et habitaverunt in tabernaculis non enim fecerant a diebus Iosue filii Nun taliter filii Israhel usque ad diem illum et fuit laetitia magna nimis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - in dedicatione autem muri Hierusalem requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Hierusalem et facerent dedicationem et laetitiam in actione gratiarum et in cantico in cymbalis psalteriis et citharis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - [Vulgate 12:42] et immolaverunt in die illa victimas magnas et laetati sunt Deus enim laetificaverat eos laetitia magna sed et uxores eorum et liberi gavisi sunt et audita est laetitia Hierusalem procul

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - [Vulgate 12:43] recensuerunt quoque in die illa viros super gazofilacia thesauri ad libamina et ad primitias et ad decimas ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis sacerdotes et Levitas quia laetatus est Iuda in sacerdotibus et Levitis adstantibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - Iudaeis autem nova lux oriri visa est gaudium honor et tripudium

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - apud omnes populos urbes atque provincias quocumque regis iussa veniebant mira exultatio epulae atque convivia et festus dies in tantum ut plures alterius gentis et sectae eorum religioni et caerimoniis iungerentur grandis enim cunctos iudaici nominis terror invaserat

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - dies autem tertiusdecimus mensis adar unus apud omnes interfectionis fuit et quartodecimo die caedere desierunt quem constituerunt esse sollemnem ut in eo omni deinceps tempore vacarent epulis gaudio atque conviviis

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - at hii qui in urbe Susis caedem exercuerant tertiodecimo et quartodecimo eiusdem mensis die in caede versati sunt quintodecimo autem die percutere desierunt et idcirco eandem diem constituere sollemnem epularum atque laetitiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - hii vero Iudaei qui in oppidis non muratis ac villis morabantur quartumdecimum diem mensis adar conviviorum et gaudii decreverunt ita ut exultent in eo et mittant sibi mutuo partes epularum et ciborum

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - quia in ipsis diebus se ulti sunt Iudaei de inimicis suis et luctus atque tristitia in hilaritatem gaudiumque conversa sint essentque istae dies epularum atque laetitiae et mitterent sibi invicem ciborum partes et pauperibus munuscula largirentur

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - quod laus impiorum brevis sit et gaudium hypocritae ad instar puncti

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - [Vulgate 4:8] in tempore frumentum et vinum eorum multiplicata sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - [Vulgate 15:10b] ostendes mihi semitam vitae plenitudinem laetitiarum ante vultum tuum decores in dextera tua aeternos

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - [Vulgate 20:7] pones enim eum benedictionem sempiternam et hilarabis eum laetitia apud vultum tuum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - [Vulgate 29:12] convertisti planctum meum in chorum mihi solvisti saccum meum et accinxisti me laetitia

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - [Vulgate 42:4] et introibo ad altare tuum ad Deum laetitiae et exultationis meae et confitebor tibi in cithara Deus Deus meus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - [Vulgate 44:16] ducentur in laetitiis et exultatione ingredientur thalamum regis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - [Vulgate 50:10] auditum mihi facies gaudium et laetitiam ut exultent ossa quae confregisti

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - [Vulgate 67:4] iusti autem laetentur exultent in conspectu Dei et gaudeant in laetitia

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - [Vulgate 96:11] lux orta est iusto et rectis corde laetitia

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - [Vulgate 99:2b] servite Domino in laetitia ingredimini coram eo in laude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - [Vulgate 105:5] ut videam bona electorum tuorum et laeter in laetitia gentis tuae et exultem cum hereditate tua

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - [Vulgate 136:3] quoniam ibi interrogaverunt nos qui captivos duxerunt nos verba carminis et qui adfligebant nos laeti canite nobis de canticis Sion

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - [Vulgate 136:6] adhereat lingua mea gutturi meo si non recordatus fuero tui si non praeposuero Hierusalem in principio laetitiae meae

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - expectatio iustorum laetitia spes autem impiorum peribit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - dolus in corde cogitantium mala qui autem ineunt pacis consilia sequitur eos gaudium

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - cor quod novit amaritudinem animae suae in gaudio eius non miscebitur extraneus

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