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Lexicon :: Strong's H8057 - śimḥâ

Aa
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 did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as David had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - And the Jews had light and joy and honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

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