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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - “Why H4100 did you flee H1272 secretly H2244 and [fn]deceive H1589 me, and did not tell H5046 me, so that I might have sent H7971 you away H7971 with joy H8057 and with songs H7892, with tambourine H8596 and with lyre H3658;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - “Also on the day H3117 of your joy H8057 and at your appointed H4150 [fn]feasts H4150, and on the first H7218 days of your months H2320, you shall blow H8628 the trumpets H2689 over H5921 your burnt H5930 offerings H5930, and over H5921 the sacrifices H2077 of your peace H8002 offerings H8002; and they shall be as a reminder H2146 of you before H6440 your God H430. I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 -

“Since H8478 H834 you did not serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with joy H8057 and a cheerful H2898 heart H3824, in gratitude for the abundance H7230 of all H3605 things,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 -

Now the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to offer H2076 a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 to Dagon H1712 their god H430, and to celebrate H8057, for they said H559,

“Our god H430 has handed H5414 H3027 Samson H8123 our enemy H340 over H5414 to us.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 -

Now it happened H1961 as they were coming H935, when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, that the women H802 came H3318 out H3318 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478, singing H7891 and dancing H4246, to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul H7586, with tambourines H8596, with joy H8057 and with other [fn]musical H7991 instruments H7991.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all H3605 the people H5971 went H5927 up H5927 after H310 him, and the people H5971 were playing H2490 on flutes H2485 and rejoicing H8056 with great H1419 joy H8057, so that the earth H776 [fn]shook H1234 at their noise H6963.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover, those who were near H7138 to them, as far H5704 as Issachar H3485, Zebulun H2074, and Naphtali H5321, brought H935 food H3899 on donkeys H2543, camels H1581, mules H6505, and on oxen H1241, great H7230 quantities H7230 of flour H7058 cakes H7058, fig H1690 cakes H1690 and bunches H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, wine H3196, oil H8081, oxen H1241, and sheep H6629. There was joy H8057 indeed H3588 in Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 -

Then David H1732 spoke H559 to the chiefs H8269 of the Levites H3881 to appoint H5975 their relatives H251 as the singers H7891, with musical H7892 instruments H3627, harps H5035, lyres H3658, and cymbals H4700, playing H8085 to raise H7311 sounds H6963 of joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 -

So it was David H1732, with the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and the captains H8269 of thousands H505, who went H1980 to bring H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 with joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - Then the people H5971 rejoiced H8055 because H5921 they had offered H5068 so willingly H5068, for they made H5068 their offering H5068 to the LORD H3068 wholeheartedly H8003 H3820, and King H4428 David H1732 also H1571 rejoiced H8055 greatly H1419.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - “Since I know H3045, my God H430, that You put H974 the heart H3824 to H974 the H974 test H974 and delight H7521 in uprightness H4339, I, in the integrity H3476 of my heart H3824, have willingly H5068 offered H5068 all H3605 these H428 things; so now H6258 with joy H8057 I have seen H7200 Your people H5971, who are H4672 present H4672 here H6311, make H5068 their offerings H5068 willingly H5068 to You.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - So they ate H398 and drank H8354 that day H3117 before H6440 the LORD H3068 with great H1419 gladness H8057.

And they made H4427 Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 king H4427 a second H8145 time H8145, and they anointed H4886 him as ruler H5057 for the LORD H3068 and Zadok H6659 as priest H3548.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Every H3605 man H376 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 returned H7725, with Jehoshaphat H3092 at their head H7218, returning H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 with joy H8057, for the LORD H3068 had helped H8055 them to rejoice H8055 over H4480 their enemies H340.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - Moreover, Jehoiada H3077 placed H7760 the offices H6486 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 under the [fn]authority H3027 of the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, whom H834 David H1732 had assigned H2505 over H5921 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, to offer H5927 the burnt H5930 offerings H5930 of the LORD H3068, as it is written H3789 in the Law H8451 of Moses H4872—with rejoicing H8057 and singing H7892 according H5921 to the [fn]order H3027 of David H1732.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover, King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 and the officials H8269 ordered H559 the Levites H3881 to sing H1984 praises H1984 to the LORD H3068 with the words H1697 of David H1732 and Asaph H623 the seer H2374. So they sang H1984 praises H1984 with joy H8057, and bowed H6915 down H6915 and worshiped H2331.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 present H4672 in Jerusalem H3389 celebrated H6213 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682 for seven H7651 days H3117 with great H1419 joy H8057, and the Levites H3881 and the priests H3548 were praising H1984 the LORD H3068 day H3117 after day H3117 with loud H5797 instruments H3627 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 -

Then the whole H3605 assembly H6951 decided H3289 to celebrate H6213 the feast another H312 seven H7651 days H3117, so they celebrated H6213 the seven H7651 days H3117 with joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - So there was great H1419 joy H8057 in Jerusalem H3389, because H3588 there was nothing H3808 like this H2088 in Jerusalem H3389 since H3588 the days H3117 of Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732, king H4428 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - Yet many H7227 of the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 and heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households, the old H2205 men H2205 who H834 had seen H7200 the first H7223 [fn]temple H1004, wept H1058 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 when the foundation H3245 of this H2088 house H1004 was laid H3245 before their eyes H5869, while many H7227 shouted H8643 aloud H7311 H6963 for joy H8057,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - so that the people H5971 could not distinguish H5234 the sound H6963 of the shout H8643 of joy H8057 from the sound H6963 of the weeping H1065 of the people H5971, because H3588 the people H5971 were shouting H7321 with a loud H1419 shout H8643, and the sound H6963 was heard H8085 far H7350 away H4480.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they held H6213 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682 for seven H7651 days H3117 with joy H8057, because H3588 the LORD H3068 had made H8055 them happy H8055, and had turned H5437 the heart H3820 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 toward H5921 them to [fn]encourage H2388 H3027 them in the work H4399 of the house H1004 of God H430, the God H430 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - Then all H3605 the people H5971 went H1980 away to eat H398, drink H8354, to send H7971 portions H4490, and to [fn]celebrate H6213 a great H1419 feast H8057, because H3588 they understood H995 the words H1697 which H834 had been made H3045 known H3045 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - The entire H3605 assembly H6951 of those who had returned H7725 from the captivity H7628 made H6213 booths H5521 and lived H3427 in the booths H5521. Indeed H3588, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had not done H6213 so H3651 since H4480 the days H3117 of Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 to that day H3117. And there was very H3966 great H1419 rejoicing H8057.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 -

Now at the dedication H2598 of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 they sought H1245 out H1245 the Levites H3881 from all H3605 their places H4725, to bring H935 them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they could celebrate H6213 the dedication H2598 with joy H8057, with songs H8426 of H8426 thanksgiving H8426 and with songs H7892 to the accompaniment of cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day H3117 they offered H2076 great H1419 sacrifices H2077 and rejoiced H8055 because H3588 God H430 had given H8055 them great H1419 joy H8057, and the women H802 and children H3206 rejoiced H8055 as H1571 well H1571, so that the joy H8057 of Jerusalem H3389 was heard H8085 from far H7350 away H7350.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the supplies H214, the contributions H8641, the first H7225 fruits H7225, and the tithes H4643, to gather H3664 into them from the fields H7704 of the cities H5892 the portions H4521 required by the Law H8451 for the priests H3548 and Levites H3881; for Judah H3063 rejoiced H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 who [fn]served H5975.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - For the Jews H3064 there was light H219, joy H8057, jubilation H8342, and honor H3366.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 and in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892, wherever H4725 H834 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 arrived H5060, there was joy H8057 and jubilation H8342 for the Jews H3064, a feast H4960 and a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117. And many H7227 among H4480 the peoples H5971 of the land H776 [fn]became H3054 Jews H3054, because H3588 the dread H6343 of the Jews H3064 had fallen H5307 on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was done on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143, and on the fourteenth H702 H6240 [fn]day they rested H5117 and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 -

But the Jews H3064 who H834 were in Susa H7800 assembled H6950 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 and the fourteenth H702 H6240 [fn]of the same month, and they rested H5117 on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 [fn]day and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the Jews H3064 of the rural H6521 areas H6521, who live H3427 in the rural H6519 towns H5892, make H6213 the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143 a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117 for rejoicing H8057 and feasting H4960 and sending H4916 portions H4490 of food to one H376 another H7453.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days H3117 the Jews H3064 [fn]rid H5117 themselves H5117 of their enemies H340, and it was a month H2320 which H834 was turned H2015 for them from grief H3015 into joy H8057, and from mourning H60 into a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117; that they were to make H6213 them days H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057, and sending H4916 portions H4490 of food to one H376 another H7453, and gifts H4979 to the poor H34.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 -

That the rejoicing H7445 of the wicked H7563 is short H4480 H7138,

And the joy H8057 of the godless H2611 momentary H5704 H7281?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 -

You have put H5414 joy H8057 in my heart H3820,

More H4480 than H4480 when H6256 their grain H1715 and new H8492 wine H8492 are H7231 abundant H7231.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 -

You will make H3045 known H3045 to me the way H734 of life H2416;

In Your presence H6440 is fullness H7648 of joy H8057;

In Your right H3225 hand H3225 there are pleasures H5273 forever H5331.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 -

For You make H7896 him [fn]most H1293 blessed H1293 forever H5703;

You make H2302 him joyful H2302 with the joy H8057 of Your presence H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned H2015 my mourning H4553 into dancing H4234 for me;

You have untied H6605 my sackcloth H8242 and encircled H247 me with joy H8057,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 -

Then I will go H935 to the altar H4196 of God H430,

To God H410 [fn]my exceeding H8057 joy H1524;

And I will praise H3034 You on the lyre H3658, God H430, my God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 -

They will be brought H2986 with joy H8057 and rejoicing H1524;

They will enter H935 into the King’s H4428 palace H1964.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 -

[fn]Let me hear H8085 joy H8342 and gladness H8057,

Let the bones H6106 You have broken H1794 rejoice H1523.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 -

But the righteous H6662 will be H8055 joyful H8055; they will rejoice H5970 before H6440 God H430;

Yes, they will rejoice H7797 with gladness H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 -

Light H216 is sown H2232 like seed for the righteous H6662,

And gladness H8057 for the upright H3477 in heart H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 -

Serve H5647 the LORD H3068 with jubilation H8057;

Come H935 before H6440 Him with rejoicing H7445.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 -

So that I may see H7200 the prosperity H2896 of Your chosen H972 ones H972,

That I may rejoice H8055 in the joy H8057 of Your nation H1471,

That I may boast H1984 with Your [fn]inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 -

For there H8033 our captors H7617 [fn]demanded H7592 of us [fn]songs H1697 H7892,

And our tormentors H8437, jubilation H8057, saying,

“Sing H7891 for us one of the songs H7892 of Zion H6726!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 -

May my tongue H3956 cling H1692 to the roof H2441 of H2441 my mouth H2441

If H518 I do not remember H2142 you,

If H518 I do not [fn]exalt H5927 Jerusalem H3389

Above H5921 my chief H7218 joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 -

The hope H8431 of the righteous H6662 is gladness H8057,

But the expectation H8615 of the wicked H7563 perishes H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 -

Deceit H4820 is in the heart H3820 of those who devise H2790 evil H7451,

But counselors H3289 of peace H7965 have joy H8057.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 -

The heart H3820 knows H3045 its own H5315 bitterness H4787,

And a stranger H2114 does not share H6148 its joy H8057.


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