שָׂמַח (sa.mach) means “to rejoice” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-makh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂמַח · sa.mach · to rejoice
1) to rejoice, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rejoice 1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at) 1a3) to rejoice (religiously) 1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
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a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV glosses: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rejoice | 21 |
| be glad | 10 |
| rejoiced | 10 |
| and rejoice | 9 |
| and be glad | 8 |
| gloat | 6 |
| will rejoice | 6 |
| and you shall rejoice | 3 |
| brings joy | 3 |
| they rejoiced | 3 |
| and bring joy | 2 |
| and rejoiced | 2 |
| and rejoices | 2 |
| bring joy | 2 |
| i have rejoiced | 2 |
| is glad | 2 |
| joy | 2 |
| rejoices | 2 |
| to rejoice | 2 |
| will be glad | 2 |
| and are glad | 1 |
| and be joyful | 1 |
| and be merry | 1 |
| and delight | 1 |
| and gladness | 1 |
| and joy | 1 |
| and make them joyful | 1 |
| and making merry | 1 |
| and may you rejoice | 1 |
| and rejoicing | 1 |
| and to rejoice | 1 |
| and you are to rejoice | 1 |
| be celebrated | 1 |
| bringing him great joy | 1 |
| bringing joy | 1 |
| cheers | 1 |
| cheers it up | 1 |
| delight | 1 |
| exult | 1 |
| had made them joyful | 1 |
| had made them rejoice | 1 |
| have made me glad | 1 |
| he gladly | 1 |
| he rejoiced | 1 |
| he rejoices gladly | 1 |
| he will be glad | 1 |
| i rejoice | 1 |
| i was glad | 1 |
| i will be glad | 1 |
| in glee | 1 |
| it and rejoiced | 1 |
| let him rejoice | 1 |
| make us glad | 1 |
| make you glad | 1 |
| may rejoice | 1 |
| merry | 1 |
| pleased | 1 |
| pleasure | 1 |
| rejoicing | 1 |
| shines brightly | 1 |
| so you shall rejoice | 1 |
| that cheers | 1 |
| that gladdens | 1 |
| the people rejoice | 1 |
| then may you rejoice | 1 |
| they delight | 1 |
| they were overjoyed | 1 |
| to enjoy | 1 |
| was glad | 1 |
| we rejoiced | 1 |
| welcomed | 1 |
| will delight in him | 1 |
| you rejoice | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rejoice | 23 |
| and rejoice | 9 |
| rejoiced | 9 |
| and be glad | 8 |
| be glad | 7 |
| shall rejoice | 7 |
| and thou shalt rejoice | 5 |
| glad | 4 |
| rejoiceth | 4 |
| shall be glad | 4 |
| to rejoice | 4 |
| and rejoiced | 3 |
| and ye shall rejoice | 3 |
| i will be glad | 2 |
| if i rejoiced | 2 |
| maketh a glad | 2 |
| of them rejoice | 2 |
| was glad | 2 |
| also rejoiced | 1 |
| and are glad | 1 |
| and didst rejoice | 1 |
| and let him also rejoice | 1 |
| and let them not rejoice | 1 |
| and make them joyful | 1 |
| and shall cheer up | 1 |
| and they were glad | 1 |
| and to be merry | 1 |
| and to rejoice | 1 |
| and was glad | 1 |
| because i rejoice | 1 |
| because ye were glad | 1 |
| for they shall rejoice | 1 |
| had made them joyful | 1 |
| had made them rejoice | 1 |
| had made them to rejoice | 1 |
| hast made me glad | 1 |
| hath no joy | 1 |
| him he rejoiced | 1 |
| i was glad | 1 |
| in thee rejoice | 1 |
| is glad | 1 |
| make us glad | 1 |
| maketh glad | 1 |
| maketh it glad | 1 |
| maketh merry | 1 |
| may rejoice | 1 |
| neither shouldest thou have rejoiced | 1 |
| rejoicing | 1 |
| shall have joy | 1 |
| shall have no joy | 1 |
| shall joy | 1 |
| shall not rejoice | 1 |
| should rejoice | 1 |
| that he rejoiced | 1 |
| that i may rejoice | 1 |
| thee he will be glad | 1 |
| thee will be glad | 1 |
| them and make them rejoice | 1 |
| then are they glad | 1 |
| there and rejoice | 1 |
| there did we rejoice | 1 |
| therefore they rejoice | 1 |
| they have made thee glad | 1 |
| they joy | 1 |
| they rejoiced | 1 |
| they should rejoice | 1 |
| unto thee making him very | 1 |
| whereof shall make glad | 1 |
| which cheereth | 1 |
| with him then they were glad | 1 |
Page 3 of 3. 147 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Read word by wordMay your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Read word by wordDo not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Read word by wordOil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Read word by wordBe wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
Read word by wordWhen the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Read word by wordA man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Read word by wordAn evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
Read word by wordI know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Read word by wordI have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Read word by wordThere is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by wordFurthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.18
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Read word by wordA feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
Read word by wordSo if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Read word by wordRejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Read word by wordTake me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
Read word by wordYou have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.2
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.16
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
Read word by wordDo not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
Read word by wordAnd in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Read word by wordAnd Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Read word by wordI will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Read word by wordBe glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
Read word by wordCursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
Read word by wordThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Read word by wordWhen all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
Read word by word“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Read word by wordThe LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
Read word by wordSo rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Read word by wordThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
Read word by wordThey delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
Read word by wordDo not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
Read word by wordDo not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
Read word by wordBe glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Read word by wordBut you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
Read word by wordSo the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
Read word by wordDo not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read word by wordThe foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Read word by wordSing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
Read word by word“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.14
For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
Read word by wordEphraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
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