H8056 שָׂמֵחַ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 23 KJV occurrences
שָׂמֵחַ
sâmêach · saw-may'-akh
Definition
blithe or gleeful
KJV Renderings
(be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Derivation / Etymology
from H8055 (שָׂמַח);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 23)
- Deuteronomy 16:15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
- 1 Kings 1:45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
- 2 Kings 11:14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
- Esther 5:9¶ Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
- Job 3:22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
- Psalms 126:3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
- Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.