H8057Noun, feminine94 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Esther 8:16וְשִׂמְחָה
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
- Psalm 4:7שִׂמְחָה
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
- Proverbs 12:20שִׂמְחָה
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26וְשִׂמְחָה
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Isaiah 9:3הַשִּׂמְחָה
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
- Jeremiah 7:34שִׂמְחָה
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
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.