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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 35:15
    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
  • Psalms 35:19
    Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
  • Psalms 35:24
    Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
  • Psalms 35:27
    Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
  • Psalms 38:16
    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
  • Psalms 40:16
    Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
  • Psalms 45:8
    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
  • Psalms 46:4
    There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
  • Psalms 48:11
    Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
  • Psalms 53:6
    Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.