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 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֥הWhy did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;Numbers 10:10 · שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥ם“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”Deuteronomy 28:47 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הBecause you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;Judges 16:23 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הThe lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”1 Samuel 18:6 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הIt happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.2 Samuel 6:12 · בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃It was told king David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God.” David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.1 Kings 1:40 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAll the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.1 Chronicles 12:40 · שִׂמְחָ֖הMoreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and cattle, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.1 Chronicles 15:16 · לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ פDavid spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and 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 Yahweh out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.1 Chronicles 29:9 · שִׂמְחָ֥הThen the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.1 Chronicles 29:17 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הI know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.1 Chronicles 29:22 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הand ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.2 Chronicles 20:27 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הThen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in their forefront, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.2 Chronicles 23:18 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הJehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.2 Chronicles 29:30 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔הMoreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.2 Chronicles 30:21 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הThe children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, singing with loud instruments to Yahweh.2 Chronicles 30:23 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept another 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 heads of fathers’ households, the old men who 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 Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.Nehemiah 8:12 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAll 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 to them.Nehemiah 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֖הAll the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.Nehemiah 12:27 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙At 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 giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.Nehemiah 12:43 · שִׂמְחָ֣ה · שִׂמְחַ֥תThey offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.Nehemiah 12:44 · שִׂמְחַ֣תOn that day were men appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.Esther 8:16 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הThe Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.Esther 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֤הIn every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.Esther 9:17 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.Esther 9:18 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.Esther 9:19 · שִׂמְחָ֥הTherefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.Esther 9:22 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה · וְשִׂמְחָ֔הas the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.Job 20:5 · וְשִׂמְחַ֖תthat the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?Psalm 4:7 · שִׂמְחָ֣הYou have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.Psalm 16:11 · שְׂ֭מָחוֹתYou will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.Psalm 21:6 · בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗הFor you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.Psalm 30:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,Psalm 43:4 · שִׂמְחַ֪תThen I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.Psalm 45:15 · בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣תWith gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.Psalm 51:8 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הLet me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.Psalm 68:3 · בְשִׂמְחָֽה׃But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.Psalm 97:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Psalm 100:2 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הServe Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.Psalm 106:5 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֣תthat I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.Psalm 137:3 · שִׂמְחָ֑הFor there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”Psalm 137:6 · שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.Proverbs 10:28 · שִׂמְחָ֑הThe prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.Proverbs 12:20 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.Proverbs 14:10 · וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹThe heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.Proverbs 14:13 · שִׂמְחָ֣הEven in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.Proverbs 15:21 · שִׂמְחָ֣הFolly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.Proverbs 15:23 · שִׂמְחָ֣הJoy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!Proverbs 21:15 · שִׂמְחָ֣הIt is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.Proverbs 21:17 · שִׂמְחָ֑הHe who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.Ecclesiastes 2:1 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הI said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הI said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”Ecclesiastes 2:10 · שִׂמְחָ֗הWhatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:26 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הFor to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.Ecclesiastes 5:20 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֥תFor he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with 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 has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:7 · בְּשִׂמְחָה֙Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.Song of Solomon 3:11 · שִׂמְחַ֥תGo forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.Isaiah 9:3 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה · כְּשִׂמְחַ֣תYou have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.Isaiah 16:10 · שִׂמְחָ֤הGladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.Isaiah 22:13 · וְשִׂמְחָ֗הand behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”Isaiah 24:11 · שִׂמְחָ֔הThere is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.Isaiah 29:19 · שִׂמְחָ֑הThe humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 30:29 · וְשִׂמְחַ֣תYou will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.Isaiah 35:10 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”Isaiah 51:3 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Isaiah 51:11 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Isaiah 55:12 · בְשִׂמְחָ֣הFor you 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 fields shall clap their hands.Isaiah 61:7 · שִׂמְחַ֥תInstead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.Isaiah 66:5 · בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶ֖םHear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.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 become a waste.Jeremiah 15:16 · וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣תYour words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.Jeremiah 16:9 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before 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 lamp.Jeremiah 31:7 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your 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 those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; who bring thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 48:33 · שִׂמְחָ֥הGladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.Jonah 4:6 · שִׂמְחָ֥הYahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.Zephaniah 3:17 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֗הYahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.Zechariah 8:19 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הThus says Yahweh of Armies: “The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”