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שָׂמֵחַ
sâmêach · Hebrew · Strong's H8056 · 20 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rejoice”
What it means
blithe or gleeful
from H8055 (שָׂמַח);
How the KJV renders it
glad, joyful, merry, ily, rejoice
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rejoice”
also renders chaírō (G5463), agalliáō (G21), kaucháomai (G2744), euphraínō (G2165), kaúchēma (G2745), gîyl (H1523), mâsôws (H4885), ʻâlaz (H5937), ʻallîyz (H5947), ʻâlaç (H5965), tsâhal (H6670), sûws (H7797), sâchaq (H7832), simchâh (H8057)
“merry”
also renders hillûwl (H1974), ṭôwb (H2896)
“glad”
also renders ṭôwb (H2896)
“ily”
also renders bâhal (H926)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
20 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 16:31 · HVqi3mp
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”
1 Kings 1:40 · HC/Vqrmpa
All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.
1 Kings 1:45 · HAampa
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kings 4:20 · HC/Aampa
Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
1 Kings 8:66 · HAampa
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
2 Chronicles 7:10 · HAampa
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
2 Chronicles 23:13 HAamsa2 Kings 11:14 HAamsaDeuteronomy 16:15 HAamsaEcclesiastes 2:10 HAamsaEsther 5:9 HAamsaEsther 5:14 HAamsaIsaiah 24:7 HAampcProverbs 2:14 HTd/AampaProverbs 15:13 HAamsaProverbs 17:5 HAamsaProverbs 17:22 HAamsaPsalm 35:26 HAampcPsalm 113:9 HAafsaPsalm 126:3 HAampa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.