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שִׂמְחָה H8057
H8057 is the Hebrew word שִׂמְחָה, transliterated simchâh and said sim-khaw'. The King James Version most often renders it joy.
What it means
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival).
Where it comes from
from H8056 (שָׂמֵחַ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 79 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Verses using שִׂמְחָה
The first 40 of 79 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:27 · KJV
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Numbers 10:10 · KJV
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 28:47 · KJV
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Judges 16:23 · KJV
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
1 Samuel 18:6 · KJV
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
2 Samuel 6:12 · KJV
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
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 Chronicles 12:40 · KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 15:16 · KJV
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 15:25 · KJV
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
1 Chronicles 29:9 · KJV
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
1 Chronicles 29:17 · KJV
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
1 Chronicles 29:22 · KJV
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
2 Chronicles 20:27 · KJV
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 23:18 · KJV
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
2 Chronicles 29:30 · KJV
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Chronicles 30:21 · KJV
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles 30:23 · KJV
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
2 Chronicles 30:26 · KJV
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:13 · KJV
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Ezra 6:22 · KJV
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 8:12 · KJV
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Nehemiah 12:27 · KJV
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
Nehemiah 12:43 · KJV
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Nehemiah 12:44 · KJV
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Esther 8:16 · KJV
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Esther 8:17 · KJV
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 9:19 · KJV
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Esther 9:22 · KJV
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Job 20:5 · KJV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Psalm 4:7 · KJV
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psalm 16:11 · KJV
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 21:6 · KJV
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalm 43:4 · KJV
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Psalm 45:15 · KJV
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
Psalm 51:8 · KJV
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psalm 68:3 · KJV
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Psalm 97:11 · KJV
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalm 100:2 · KJV
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Psalm 106:5 · KJV
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8057 mean?
H8057 is the Hebrew word שִׂמְחָה (simchâh), meaning blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival).
How is H8057 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it joy (36 times), gladness (26 times), mirth (6 times), rejoicing (2 times), exceeding (2 times), among others.
How many times does H8057 appear in the Bible?
שִׂמְחָה (simchâh) is tagged in 79 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8057 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8056 (שָׂמֵחַ).
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