שָׂמֵחַ sameach
Hebrew word for “glad” · Strong’s H8056 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) joyful, merry, glad; 1a) joyful, showing joy; 1b) you who rejoice (subst)
How it is translated
Glosses given for sameach in context, with how often each is used:
- joyful 15
- joyful people 2
- people joyful 2
- ones joyful 1
- person joyful 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Esther | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 1 (2), Esther 5 (2), Proverbs 17 (2), Deuteronomy 16 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 2 Kings 11 (1), 2 Chronicles 7 (1), 2 Chronicles 23 (1), Job 3 (1)
Forms
- שׂמח 9
- שׂמחים 4
- השׂמחים 3
- ושׂמחים 2
- שׂמחי 2
- שׂמחה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sameach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לֵב lev “heart” 7
- נָכֵא nakhe “stricken” 2
- יָטַב yatav “be good” 3
- קֶשֶׁר qesher “conspiracy” 2
- עֲתַלְיָהוּ atalyah “Athaliah” 2
- חֲצֹצְרָה chatsotserah “trumpet” 2
- הָמָן haman “Haman” 2
- מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay “Mordecai” 2
- קָרַע qara “to tear” 2
- תָּקַע taqa “to blow” 2
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 2
Key verses
The verses using sameach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 4:20 — 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 — 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…
- 2 Kings 11:14 — 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…
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 — 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…
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 — 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…
- Esther 5:9 — 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…
- Esther 5:14 — 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…
- Psalms 35:26 — 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…
- Proverbs 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 — 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…
- Isaiah 24:7 — The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- Amos 6:13 — Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.