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sa.me.ach H8056

שָׂמֵחַ (sa.me.ach) means “glad” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׂמֵחַ Hebrew · H8056 21 tagged occurrences in 21 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-may'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8056

שָׂמֵחַ · sa.me.ach · glad

1) joyful, merry, glad 1a) joyful, showing joy 1b) you who rejoice (subst)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8055 (שָׂמַח); blithe or gleeful

KJV glosses: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

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How translators render H8056

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
a joyful 2
and rejoicing 2
joyful 2
were rejoicing 2
and enjoy yourself 1
as a joyful 1
filled with joy 1
from those who enjoy 1
full of joy 1
may those who gloat 1
so that your joy 1
the merrymakers 1
took delight 1
who rejoice 1
whoever gloats 1
with rejoicing 1
you who rejoice 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
rejoiced 3
a merry 2
joyful 2
a joyful 1
all the merryhearted 1
and making merry 1
and rejoice 1
and rejoiced 1
and was glad 1
from thence rejoicing 1
glad 1
he that is glad 1
that rejoice 1
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice 1
thou in merrily 1
we are glad 1
which rejoice 1
who rejoice 1
ye which rejoice 1

Verses containing H8056

Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Deuteronomy 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

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  2. 1 Kings 1:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

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  3. 1 Kings 1:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

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  4. 1 Kings 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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  5. 1 Kings 8:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

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  6. 2 Kings 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

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  7. 2 Chronicles 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

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  8. 2 Chronicles 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

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  9. Esther 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

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  10. Esther 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

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  11. Job 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?

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  12. Psalms 35:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

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  13. Psalms 113:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

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  14. Psalms 126:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

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  15. Proverbs 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

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  16. Proverbs 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

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  17. Proverbs 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

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  18. Proverbs 17:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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  19. Ecclesiastes 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

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  20. Isaiah 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

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  21. Amos 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

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