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
Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.
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Proverbs 23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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Proverbs 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
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Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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Proverbs 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
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Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.