H8057 שִׂמְחָה (simchâh) sim-khaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

joy

Strong's Definition

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

Derivation: from H8056 (שָׂמֵחַ);

KJV Usage: [idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

TWOT Reference: 2268b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) joy, mirth, gladness

1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure

1b) joy (of God)

1c) glad result, happy issue

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G133 G2167 G5479

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) — joy. 1) joy, mirth, gladness 1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure 1b) joy (of God) 1c) glad result, happy issue

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׂמְחָה (H8057)

noun f · שׂמח

Rejoice | ≈ גִּיל · טוּב לֵב · שָׂשֹׂון

joy = state in which humans feel and show great joy

GEN 31:27 · NUM 10:10 · DEU 28:47 · JDG 16:23 · 1SA 18:6 · 2SA 6:12 · 1KI 1:40 · 1CH 12:41 · 1CH 15:16 · 1CH 15:25 · 1CH 29:9 · 1CH 29:17 · 1CH 29:22 · 2CH 20:27 · 2CH 23:18 · 2CH 29:30 · 2CH 30:21 · 2CH 30:23 · 2CH 30:26 · EZR 3:12 · EZR 3:13 · EZR 6:22 · NEH 8:12 · NEH 8:17 · NEH 12:27 · NEH 12:43 · NEH 12:43 · NEH 12:44 · EST 8:16 · EST 8:17 · EST 9:17 · EST 9:18 · EST 9:19 · EST 9:22 · EST 9:22 · JOB 20:5 · PSA 4:8 · PSA 16:11 · PSA 21:7 · PSA 30:12 · PSA 43:4 · PSA 45:16 · PSA 51:10 · PSA 68:4 · PSA 97:11 · PSA 100:2 · PSA 106:5 · PSA 137:3 · PSA 137:6 · PRO 10:28 · PRO 12:20 · PRO 14:10 · PRO 14:13 · PRO 15:21 · PRO 15:23 · PRO 21:15 · PRO 21:17 · ECC 2:1 · ECC 2:2 · ECC 2:10 · ECC 2:26 · ECC 5:19 · ECC 7:4 · ECC 8:15 · ECC 9:7 · SNG 3:11 · ISA 9:2 · ISA 9:2 · ISA 16:10 · ISA 22:13 · ISA 24:11 · ISA 29:19 · ISA 30:29 · ISA 35:10 · ISA 35:10 · ISA 51:3 · ISA 51:11 · ISA 51:11 · ISA 55:12 · ISA 61:7 · ISA 66:5 · JER 7:34 · JER 15:16 · JER 16:9 · JER 25:10 · JER 31:7 · JER 33:11 · JER 48:33 · EZK 35:15 · EZK 36:5 · JOL 1:16 · JON 4:6 · ZEP 3:17 · ZEC 8:19

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂמְחָה 93 n.f. joy, gladness, mirth base

Bible Occurrences (88)

31:27

10:10

28:47

16:23

18:6

6:12

1:40

12:40 15:16 15:25 29:9 29:17 29:22

20:27 23:18 29:30 30:21 30:23 30:26

3:12 3:13 6:22

8:12 8:17 12:27 12:43 12:44

8:16 8:17 9:17 9:18 9:19 9:22

20:5

4:7 16:11 21:6 30:11 43:4 45:15 51:8 68:3 97:11 100:2 106:5 137:3 137:6

10:28 12:20 14:10 14:13 15:21 15:23 21:15 21:17

2:1 2:2 2:10 2:26 5:20 7:4 8:15 9:7

9:3 16:10 22:13 24:11 29:19 30:29 35:10 51:3 51:11 55:12 61:7 66:5

7:34 15:16 16:9 25:10 31:7 33:11 48:33

35:15 36:5

1:16

4:6

3:17

8:19

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Numbers 10:10

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings... and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

Judges 16:23

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.

1 Samuel 18:6

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now it was reported to King David..., The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

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 Chronicles 12:40

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen— abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.