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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 1 / 2 (Gen 31:27–Pro 14:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - 'And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, am your God.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - 'Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing -- also the dancers -- to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And it is declared to king David, saying, 'Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he hath, because of the ark of God;' and David goeth and bringeth up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing -- great joy, and the earth rendeth with their voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also those near unto them, unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, are bringing in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen -- food of fine flour, fig-cakes and grape-cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance, for joy is in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - And it is David, and the elders of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - 'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And they eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great joy, and cause Solomon son of David to reign a second time, and anoint him before Jehovah for leader, and Zadok for priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to Jehovah day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days with joy;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house -- in this house being founded before their eyes -- are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting -- a great shout -- and the noise hath been heard unto a distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice with great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard -- unto a distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah is over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy are to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, even to rest on the fourteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - And the Jews who are in Shushan have been assembled, on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth of it, even to rest on the fifteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar -- joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

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