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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 89:42
    Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
  • Psalms 90:14
    O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
  • Psalms 90:15
    Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
  • Psalms 92:4
    For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
  • Psalms 96:11
    Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
  • Psalms 97:1
    The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
  • Psalms 97:8
    Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
  • Psalms 97:12
    Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
  • Psalms 104:15
    And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
  • Psalms 104:31
    The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.