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שָׂמֵחַ H8056
H8056 is the Hebrew word שָׂמֵחַ, transliterated sâmêach and said saw-may'-akh. The King James Version most often renders it rejoiced.
What it means
blithe or gleeful.
Where it comes from
from H8055 (שָׂמַח).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Verses using שָׂמֵחַ
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
1 Kings 1:40 · KJV
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
1 Kings 1:45 · KJV
And 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.
1 Kings 4:20 · KJV
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 8:66 · KJV
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
2 Kings 11:14 · KJV
And 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.
2 Chronicles 7:10 · KJV
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
2 Chronicles 23:13 · KJV
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
Esther 5:9 · KJV
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.
Esther 5:14 · KJV
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Job 3:22 · KJV
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Psalm 35:26 · KJV
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalm 113:9 · KJV
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 2:14 · KJV
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Proverbs 15:13 · KJV
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 17:5 · KJV
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:22 · KJV
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 · KJV
And 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.
Isaiah 24:7 · KJV
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Amos 6:13 · KJV
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Common questions
What does Strong's H8056 mean?
H8056 is the Hebrew word שָׂמֵחַ (sâmêach), meaning blithe or gleeful.
How is H8056 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it rejoiced (4 times), rejoice (4 times), joyful (3 times), glad (2 times), merry (2 times), among others.
How many times does H8056 appear in the Bible?
שָׂמֵחַ (sâmêach) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8056 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8055 (שָׂמַח).
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