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Strong's numbers

שָׂמַח (H8055)

sâmach

saw-makh'

a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome; cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

שָׂמַח, שָׂמִ֑חַ 154 vb. rejoice, be glad
Qal 126
1 in common life
2
a rejoice religiously
b subj. י׳
Pi. cause to rejoice, gladden
Hiph. = Pi.

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


145 occurrences

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  • Psalms 149:2
    Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
  • Proverbs 5:18
    Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
  • Proverbs 10:1
    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Proverbs 12:25
    Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Proverbs 13:9
    The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Proverbs 15:20
    A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Proverbs 15:30
    The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
  • Proverbs 17:21
    He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  • Proverbs 23:15
    My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Proverbs 23:24
    The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.