H8056Adjective21 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Deuteronomy 16:15שָׂמֵחַ
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.
- 1 Kings 1:40וּשְׂמֵחִים
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- 2 Chronicles 7:10שְׂמֵחִים
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.
- Esther 5:9שָׂמֵחַ
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.
- Psalm 113:9שְׂמֵחָה
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- Proverbs 15:13שָׂמֵחַ
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.