H8056 שָׂמֵחַ (sâmêach) saw-may'-akh

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

glad

Strong's Definition

blithe or gleeful

Derivation: from H8055 (שָׂמַח);

KJV Usage: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

TWOT Reference: 2268a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) joyful, merry, glad

1a) joyful, showing joy

1b) you who rejoice (subst)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂמֵחַ (sa.me.ach) — glad. 1) joyful, merry, glad 1a) joyful, showing joy 1b) you who rejoice (subst)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׂמֵחַ (H8056)

adj · שׂמח

Rejoice | ≈ גיל · גִּיל · טֹוב־לֵב · יטב · שׂושׂ

joyful, rejoicing = state in which humans feel and show great joy

DEU 16:15 · 1KI 1:45 · 1KI 4:20 · 1KI 8:66 · 2KI 11:14 · 2CH 7:10 · 2CH 23:13 · EST 5:9 · EST 5:14 · JOB 3:22 · PSA 35:26 · PSA 113:9 · PSA 126:3 · PRO 2:14 · PRO 15:13 · PRO 17:5 · PRO 17:22 · PRO 29:6 · ECC 2:10 · ISA 24:7 · AMO 6:13

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂמֵחַ adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry base

Bible Occurrences (21)

16:15

1:40 1:45 4:20 8:66

11:14

7:10 23:13

5:9 5:14

3:22

35:26 113:9 126:3

2:14 15:13 17:5 17:22

2:10

24:7

6:13

Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

1 Kings 1:40

All the people...... followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

1 Kings 1:45

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

1 Kings 4:20

[The people of] Judah and Israel... [were] as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

1 Kings 8:66

On the [fifteenth] day [Solomon] sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

2 Kings 11:14

And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, Treason! Treason!

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third... day of the seventh month, [Solomon] sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

2 Chronicles 23:13

And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, Treason, treason!”

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