שָׂמֵחַverbal adjectiveglad, joyful, merry; — absolute
׳שׂDeuteronomy 16:15 +, feminine
שְׂמֵחָהPsalm 119:9; plural
שְׂמֵחִים1 Kings 1:45 +, construct
שִׂמְחֵיIsaiah 24:17,
שְׂמֵחֵיPsalm 35:26; —
1. a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1 Kings 1:45; Esther 5:9 (+ טוֺב לֵב), Esther 5:14; אֵם שְׂמֵחָהPsalm 113:9; ׳לֵב שׂProverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; at feast of tabernacle Deuteronomy 16:15, in thankfulness to ׳יPsalm 126:3 (both predicate with הָיָה), 1 Kings 8:66 (+ טוֺבֵי לֵב)=2 Chronicles 7:10.
b.=participle 1 Kings 1:40 ("" מְחַלְּלִיםpiping), 1 Kings 4:20; 2 Kings 11:14 (+ תֹּקֵעַ ב)=2 Chronicles 23:13, מִן of thing Ecclesiastes 2:10.
2 as substantive ׳הַשׂAmos 6:13 (+ ל of thing), Proverbs 2:14 (ל infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ אֱלֵיגִֿיל; "" יָשְׂישׂוּ); שִׂמְחֵילֵֿבIsaiah 24:7; of malicious joy ׳שׂProverbs 17:5 (ל of thing), שְׂמֵחֵי רָעָתִיPsalm 35:26.
Strong's Hebrew: 8056. שָׂמֵ֫חַ (sameach) — 27 Occurrences
Exodus 4:14
HEB:לִקְרָאתֶ֔ךָ וְרָאֲךָ֖ וְשָׂמַ֥ח בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃
INT: to meet sees glad his heart
Deuteronomy 16:15
HEB:וְהָיִ֖יתָ אַ֥ךְ שָׂמֵֽחַ׃
NAS: so that you will be altogether joyful.
KJV: of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
INT: become you will be altogether joyful
Deuteronomy 26:11
HEB: וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֣ בְכָל־ הַטּ֗וֹב
INT:glad all the good
1 Kings 1:40
HEB:מְחַלְּלִ֣ים בַּחֲלִלִ֔ים וּשְׂמֵחִ֖ים שִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה
NAS: on flutes and rejoicing with great
KJV: with pipes, and rejoiced with great
INT: were playing flutes and rejoicing joy great
1 Kings 1:45
HEB:וַיַּעֲל֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ שְׂמֵחִ֔ים וַתֵּהֹ֖ם הַקִּרְיָ֑ה
NAS: up from there rejoicing, so that the city
KJV: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city
INT: have come there rejoicing an uproar the city
1 Kings 4:20
HEB:אֹכְלִ֥ים וְשֹׁתִ֖ים וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃
NAS: and drinking and rejoicing.
KJV: eating and drinking, and making merry.
INT: were eating and drinking and rejoicing
1 Kings 8:66
HEB:וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב
NAS: to their tents joyful and glad
KJV: unto their tents joyful and glad
INT: went to their tents joyful and glad of heart
2 Kings 11:14
HEB:עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שָׂמֵ֔חַ וְתֹקֵ֖עַ בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֑וֹת
NAS: of the land rejoiced and blew
KJV: of the land rejoiced, and blew
INT: the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets
1 Chronicles 16:31
HEB: יִשְׂמְח֤וּ הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְתָגֵ֣ל
INT:glad the heavens rejoice
2 Chronicles 7:10
HEB:הָעָ֖ם לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב
NAS: to their tents, rejoicing and happy
KJV: into their tents, glad and merry
INT: the people to their tents rejoicing and happy of heart
Esther 5:9
HEB:בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא שָׂמֵ֖חַ וְט֣וֹב לֵ֑ב
NAS: out that day glad and pleased
KJV: that day joyful and with a glad
INT: day he glad and pleased of heart
Esther 5:14
HEB:אֶל־ הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה שָׂמֵ֑חַ וַיִּיטַ֧ב הַדָּבָ֛ר
NAS: on it; then go joyfully with the king
KJV: thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king
INT: to the banquet joyfully pleased and the advice
Psalm 35:26
HEB:וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ ׀ יַחְדָּו֮ שְׂמֵחֵ֪י רָעָ֫תִ֥י יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־
NAS: altogether who rejoice at my distress;
KJV: together that rejoice at mine hurt:
INT: and humiliated together rejoice hurt those be clothed
Psalm 113:9
HEB:אֵֽם־ הַבָּנִ֥ים שְׂמֵחָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־ יָֽהּ׃
NAS: in the house [As] a joyful mother
KJV: house, [and to be] a joyful mother
INT: mother of children a joyful Praise the LORD
Psalm 126:3
HEB:עִמָּ֗נוּ הָיִ֥ינוּ שְׂמֵחִֽים׃
NAS: great things for us; We are glad.
KJV: great things for us; [whereof] we are glad.
INT: with become are glad
Proverbs 2:14
HEB: הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע
NAS:Who delight in doing evil
KJV:Who rejoice to do evil,
INT:Who doing evil
Proverbs 15:13
HEB: לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים
NAS:A joyful heart makes a cheerful
KJV:A merry heart maketh a cheerful
INT: heart A joyful makes face
Proverbs 17:5
HEB:חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א
NAS: his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity
KJV: his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities
INT: taunts his Maker rejoices calamity will not
Proverbs 17:22
HEB: לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה
NAS:A joyful heart is good
KJV:A merry heart doeth good
INT: heart A joyful is good medicine
Proverbs 27:11
HEB:חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִי וְשַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑י וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה
INT: be wise my son glad my heart break
Isaiah 24:7
HEB:נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־ שִׂמְחֵי־ לֵֽב׃
NAS: decays, All the merry-hearted sigh.
INT: sigh All glad care for
Jeremiah 20:15
HEB:בֵּ֣ן זָכָ֑ר שַׂמֵּ֖חַ שִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃
INT: A baby boy glad glad
Jeremiah 20:15
HEB:זָכָ֑ר שַׂמֵּ֖חַ שִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃
INT: boy glad glad
Lamentations 4:21
HEB: שִׂ֤ישִׂי וְשִׂמְחִי֙ בַּת־ אֱד֔וֹם
INT: Rejoice glad daughter of Edom
Jonah 4:6
HEB:עַל־ הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן שִׂמְחָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃
INT: over the plant glad aloud
Micah 7:8
HEB: אַֽל־ תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י אֹיַ֙בְתִּי֙ לִ֔י
INT: nay glad enemy Though
Zechariah 10:7
HEB:וּבְנֵיהֶם֙ יִרְא֣וּ וְשָׂמֵ֔חוּ יָגֵ֥ל לִבָּ֖ם
INT: their children will see glad will rejoice their heart
