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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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  • Proverbs 23:25
    Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
  • Proverbs 24:17
    Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
  • Proverbs 27:9
    Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
  • Proverbs 27:11
    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Proverbs 29:2
    When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
  • Proverbs 29:3
    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 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.
  • 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.