1) joy, mirth, gladness 1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure 1b) joy (of God) 1c) glad result, happy issue
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H8057 — שִׂמְחָה
sim.chah · joy · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 31:27 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֥הWherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Numbers 10:10 · שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥םAlso in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 28:47 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הBecause thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];Judges 16:23 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הThen the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.1 Samuel 18:6 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הAnd it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.2 Samuel 6:12 · בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.1 Kings 1:40 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAnd all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.1 Chronicles 12:40 · שִׂמְחָ֖הMoreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.1 Chronicles 15:16 · לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ פAnd David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.1 Chronicles 15:25 · בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ סSo David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.1 Chronicles 29:9 · שִׂמְחָ֥הThen the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.1 Chronicles 29:17 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הI know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.1 Chronicles 29:22 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAnd did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor, and Zadok [to be] priest.2 Chronicles 20:27 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הThen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.2 Chronicles 23:18 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAlso Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.2 Chronicles 29:30 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔הMoreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.2 Chronicles 30:21 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAnd the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto the LORD.2 Chronicles 30:23 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.2 Chronicles 30:26 · שִׂמְחָֽה־So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like in Jerusalem.Ezra 3:12 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הBut many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:Ezra 3:13 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הSo that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.Ezra 6:22 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הAnd kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.Nehemiah 8:12 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAnd all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.Nehemiah 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֖הAnd all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.Nehemiah 12:27 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.Nehemiah 12:43 · שִׂמְחָ֣ה · שִׂמְחַ֥תAlso that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.Nehemiah 12:44 · שִׂמְחַ֣תAnd at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.Esther 8:16 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הThe Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.Esther 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֤הAnd in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.Esther 9:17 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.Esther 9:18 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃But the Jews that [were] at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.Esther 9:19 · שִׂמְחָ֥הTherefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.Esther 9:22 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה · וְשִׂמְחָ֔הAs the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.Job 20:5 · וְשִׂמְחַ֖תThat the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?Psalm 4:7 · שִׂמְחָ֣הThou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.Psalm 16:11 · שְׂ֭מָחוֹתThou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.Psalm 21:6 · בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗הFor thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.Psalm 30:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;Psalm 43:4 · שִׂמְחַ֪תThen will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.Psalm 45:15 · בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣תWith gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.Psalm 51:8 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הMake me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.Psalm 68:3 · בְשִׂמְחָֽה׃But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.Psalm 97:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Psalm 100:2 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הServe the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.Psalm 106:5 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֣תThat I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.Psalm 137:3 · שִׂמְחָ֑הFor there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.Psalm 137:6 · שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.Proverbs 10:28 · שִׂמְחָ֑הThe hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.Proverbs 12:20 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace [is] joy.Proverbs 14:10 · וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.Proverbs 14:13 · שִׂמְחָ֣הEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.Proverbs 15:21 · שִׂמְחָ֣הFolly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.Proverbs 15:23 · שִׂמְחָ֣הA man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!Proverbs 21:15 · שִׂמְחָ֣ה[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.Proverbs 21:17 · שִׂמְחָ֑הHe that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.Ecclesiastes 2:1 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הI said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הI said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:10 · שִׂמְחָ֗הAnd whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Ecclesiastes 2:26 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הFor [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 5:20 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֥תFor he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.Ecclesiastes 7:4 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.Ecclesiastes 8:15 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הThen I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:7 · בְּשִׂמְחָה֙Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.Song of Solomon 3:11 · שִׂמְחַ֥תGo forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.Isaiah 9:3 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה · כְּשִׂמְחַ֣תThou hast multiplied the nation, [and] not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil.Isaiah 16:10 · שִׂמְחָ֤הAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in [their] presses; I have made [their vintage] shouting to cease.Isaiah 22:13 · וְשִׂמְחָ֗הAnd behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.Isaiah 24:11 · שִׂמְחָ֔ה[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.Isaiah 29:19 · שִׂמְחָ֑הThe meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 30:29 · וְשִׂמְחַ֣תYe shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.Isaiah 35:10 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Isaiah 51:3 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Isaiah 51:11 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and mourning shall flee away.Isaiah 55:12 · בְשִׂמְחָ֣הFor ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.Isaiah 61:7 · שִׂמְחַ֥תFor your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.Isaiah 66:5 · בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶ֖םHear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.Jeremiah 7:34 · שִׂמְחָ֔הThen will I 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.Jeremiah 15:16 · וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣תThy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.Jeremiah 16:9 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in 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.Jeremiah 25:10 · שִׂמְחָ֔הMoreover 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 candle.Jeremiah 31:7 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.Jeremiah 33:11 · שִׂמְחָ֗הThe voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 48:33 · שִׂמְחָ֥הAnd joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; [their] shouting [shall be] no shouting.Jonah 4:6 · שִׂמְחָ֥הAnd the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.Zephaniah 3:17 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֗הThe LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.Zechariah 8:19 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הThus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.