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 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,Numbers 10:10 · שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥םAnd 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.’Deuteronomy 28:47 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה‘Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things—Judges 16:23 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הand 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.’1 Samuel 18:6 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הAnd 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;2 Samuel 6:12 · בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃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.1 Kings 1:40 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAnd 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.1 Chronicles 12:40 · שִׂמְחָ֖הAnd 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.1 Chronicles 15:16 · לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ פAnd 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.1 Chronicles 15:25 · בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ סAnd 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;1 Chronicles 29:9 · שִׂמְחָ֥הAnd 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.1 Chronicles 29:17 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה‘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.1 Chronicles 29:22 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAnd 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.2 Chronicles 20:27 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הAnd 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.2 Chronicles 23:18 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAnd 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;2 Chronicles 29:30 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔הAnd 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.2 Chronicles 30:21 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הAnd 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.2 Chronicles 30:23 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days with joy;2 Chronicles 30:26 · שִׂמְחָֽה־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,Ezra 3:12 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הAnd 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;Ezra 3:13 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הand 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.Ezra 6:22 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הand 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.Nehemiah 8:12 · שִׂמְחָ֣הAnd 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.Nehemiah 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֖הAnd 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.Nehemiah 12:27 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙And 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;Nehemiah 12:43 · שִׂמְחָ֣ה · שִׂמְחַ֥תand 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.Nehemiah 12:44 · שִׂמְחַ֣תAnd 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.Esther 8:16 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הto the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,Esther 8:17 · שִׂמְחָ֤הand 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.Esther 9:17 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃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.Esther 9:18 · וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃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.Esther 9:19 · שִׂמְחָ֥הTherefore 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.Esther 9:22 · לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה · וְשִׂמְחָ֔הas 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.Job 20:5 · וְשִׂמְחַ֖תThat the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,Psalm 4:7 · שִׂמְחָ֣הThou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.Psalm 16:11 · שְׂ֭מָחוֹתThou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!Psalm 21:6 · בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗הFor Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.Psalm 30:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.Psalm 43:4 · שִׂמְחַ֪תAnd 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.Psalm 45:15 · בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣תThey are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.Psalm 51:8 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הThou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.Psalm 68:3 · בְשִׂמְחָֽה׃And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness.Psalm 97:11 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart—joy.Psalm 100:2 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הServe Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.Psalm 106:5 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֣תTo look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.Psalm 137:3 · שִׂמְחָ֑הFor there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: ‘Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.’Psalm 137:6 · שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.Proverbs 10:28 · שִׂמְחָ֑הThe hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.Proverbs 12:20 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.Proverbs 14:10 · וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹThe heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.Proverbs 14:13 · שִׂמְחָ֣הEven in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.Proverbs 15:21 · שִׂמְחָ֣הFolly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.Proverbs 15:23 · שִׂמְחָ֣הJoy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season—how good!Proverbs 21:15 · שִׂמְחָ֣הTo do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.Proverbs 21:17 · שִׂמְחָ֑הWhoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.Ecclesiastes 2:1 · בְשִׂמְחָ֖הI said in my heart, ‘Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;’ and lo, even it is vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הOf laughter I said, ‘Foolish!’ and of mirth, ‘What is this it is doing?’Ecclesiastes 2:10 · שִׂמְחָ֗הAnd all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,Ecclesiastes 2:26 · וְשִׂמְחָ֑הFor to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 5:20 · בְּשִׂמְחַ֥תFor he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.Ecclesiastes 7:4 · שִׂמְחָֽה׃The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.Ecclesiastes 8:15 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הAnd I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:7 · בְּשִׂמְחָה֙Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.Song of Solomon 3:11 · שִׂמְחַ֥תGo forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!Isaiah 9:3 · הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה · כְּשִׂמְחַ֣תThou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil.Isaiah 16:10 · שִׂמְחָ֤הAnd removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease.Isaiah 22:13 · וְשִׂמְחָ֗הAnd lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.Isaiah 24:11 · שִׂמְחָ֔הA cry over the wine is in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.Isaiah 29:19 · שִׂמְחָ֑הAnd the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.Isaiah 30:29 · וְשִׂמְחַ֣תSinging is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go in to the mountain of Jehovah, Unto the rock of Israel.Isaiah 35:10 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙And the ransomed of Jehovah return, And have entered Zion with singing. And joy age-during on their head, Joy and gladness they attain, And fled away have sorrow and sighing!Isaiah 51:3 · וְשִׂמְחָה֙For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.Isaiah 51:11 · וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת · וְשִׂמְחָה֙And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during is on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,Isaiah 55:12 · בְשִׂמְחָ֣הFor with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you with singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.Isaiah 61:7 · שִׂמְחַ֥תInstead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during is for them.Isaiah 66:5 · בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶ֖םHear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name’s sake: ‘Honoured is Jehovah, and we look on your joy,’ But they are ashamed.Jeremiah 7:34 · שִׂמְחָ֔הAnd I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!Jeremiah 15:16 · וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣תThy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.Jeremiah 16:9 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.Jeremiah 25:10 · שִׂמְחָ֔הAnd I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.Jeremiah 31:7 · שִׂמְחָ֔הFor thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, with joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel.Jeremiah 33:11 · שִׂמְחָ֗הIs a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, For His kindness is to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.Jeremiah 48:33 · שִׂמְחָ֥הAnd removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting is no shouting!Jonah 4:6 · שִׂמְחָ֥הAnd Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy.Zephaniah 3:17 · בְּשִׂמְחָ֗הJehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.’Zechariah 8:19 · וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הThus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.