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Strong's #8057 - שִׂמְחָה
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- joy, mirth, gladness
- mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
- joy (of God)
- glad result, happy issue
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2487) hmx (סמהה SMHh) AC: Rejoice CO: ? AB: Joy: A spontaneous expression of excitement and cheer.
V) hmx (סמהה SMHh) - Rejoice: [df: xmV] KJV (152): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) rejoice, glad, joy, merry - Strongs: H8055 (שָׂמַח)
Nm ) hmx (סמהה SMHh) - Rejoicing: [df: xmV] KJV (23): rejoice, glad, joyful, merry, merryhearted - Strongs: H8056 (שָׂמֵחַ)
Nf1 ) ehmx (סמההה SMHhH) - Joy: [df: hxmV] KJV (94): joy, gladness, mirth, rejoice - Strongs: H8057 (שִׂמְחָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 mirth, gladness, e.g. in festivity, Genesis 31:27 (E), Psalm 137:3; Psalm 137:6,1Kings 1:40; 1 Samuel 18:6; Isaiah 9:2 (twice in verse); Isaiah 16:10; Psalm 45:16; יוֺם׳מִשְׁתֶּה וְשׂ Esther 9:17,18,22compare (יוֺם omitted) Esther 9:19 (+ יוֺם טוֺב), Esther 9:22 ("" יוֺם טוֺם), + 5t., + ׳קוֺל שׂ Jeremiah 7:34 = Jeremiah 16:9 = Jeremiah 25:10 = Jeremiah 33:11; joy of heart Proverbs 14:10,13; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Song of Solomon 3:11, compare (of inward joy) Jonah 4:6; Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 21:15; = gaiety, pleasure Isaiah 22:13; Ecclesiastes 2:1,2,10; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7, ׳בֵּית שׂ Ecclesiastes 7:4; חָנֵף׳שׂ Job 20:5, of foolish Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 21:17; malicious joy Ezekiel 35:15 (ל of thing), so כָּללֵֿבָב׳שׂ Ezekiel 36:5.
246 (especially Psalm Chronicles) religious: 2 Samuel 6:12 "" 1 Chronicles 15:16,25; Joel 1:16 +; ׳יוֺם שׂ Numbers 10:10 (P); ׳עָשָׂה שׂ i.e. make a (sacred) festivity 2 Chronicles 30:23; Nehemiah 8:12; Nehemiah 12:27; שִׂמְחַת עוֺלָם Isaiah 35:10 = Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 61:7; ׳שׂ with עַל person Nehemiah 12:44; joy of heart Isaiah 30:29; Jeremiah 15:16; as gift of ׳י Psalm 4:8; Psalm 21:7 7t. + (in mockery) Isaiah 66:5.
3 joy of ׳י Zephaniah 3:17.
4 glad result, gleeful issue Psalm 106:5 ("" טוֺבָה), Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 12:20 (Gr אֱמֻנָה, Toy מִשְׁמָּט; opposed to מִרְמָה).
שִׂמְחָה fem. joy, gladness, Psalms 4:8, 45:16, etc. שָׂמַח שִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה to be very joyful, 1 Kings 1:40; Jonah 4:6. Specially
(a) joyful voices, joyful cries, Genesis 31:27 Nehem. 12:43 2 Chronicles 23:18, 29:30.
(b) joyful banquets, pleasures (Bergnügungen, Luftbarkeiten). Proverbs 21:17, אֹהֵב שִׂמְחָה loving pleasures. עָשָׂה שִׂמְחָה Nehemiah 8:12, 12:27 2 Chronicles 30:23.